Klas Dahlbeck seemingly has been a forgotten man — out of the lineup, out of mind — for much of the Carolina Hurricanes’ season.
No longer. The defenseman has played the past four games, paired with Noah Hanifin, and given the Canes consistently solid play on the back end.
“Klas gives us a bigger, stronger guy, a physical guy,” Canes coach Bill Peters said. “He’s got a little bite to him in the D-zone and we need as much of that as we can get.”
A year ago, Dahlbeck was a lineup fixture for the Arizona Coyotes, playing 71 games, settling in.