The Canes came into the season with the usual noise around the team — them not having enough skill and questions around young players’ ability to take their game up a level. But they have done nothing but silence the doubters so far just weeks into the 2022-23 season.
Two of the players in question, Andrei Svechnikov and Martin Necas, are both scoring over a point per game pace and Svechnikov’s seven goals ties him for first in the league after Monday’s game.
Where the two look even more impressive is in their defensive games. Both players were often limited in their use by head coach Rod Brind’Amour because he couldn’t trust them defensively, along with each’s discipline issues.