Unhappy with ice-time earlier within the season, Andrei Svechnikov okayed the thought of a trade if the Carolina Hurricanes desired to move him
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman said teams had called the Carolina Hurricanes about forward Andrei Svechnikov, who at one point this season told the Hurricanes he’d be open to trade. Svechnikov wasn’t comfortable together with his ice time.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Ron Maclean: “Considered one of the belongings you and Kyle talked about on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, latest installment, is how players don’t need to wait around eternally in the event that they’re not comfortable with ice time. So you may take heed to the podcast for that story. (Andrei) Svechnikov’s not a child, but he was unhappy.
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Friedman: “Yes, earlier on the season. So Andrei Svechnikov, great player, great player for the Carolina Hurricanes. If you happen to, for those who’re a fan of the team, otherwise you were watching across the league, you recognize he went the primary eight games at a degree. His usage was down. He was on the fourth line. He had a game where he was down around, just below 12 minutes, and he was unhappy.
And he, I understand, and the way else, I haven’t spoken to him directly, but I understand that the inference was made to the Carolina Hurricanes that in the event that they desired to trade him, he wouldn’t be upset about it. That he could be open to the thought.
Now I feel this got out, and that’s type of how I heard about it today. I feel this got out. I heard there have been some teams that called the Hurricanes, and so they were told, you recognize, we still consider this a cornerstone player, and this will not be something we would like to do, but for those who’re going to ask us, you’re going to need to make a monster offer.
Now things have cooled down, Ron. He’s back on the primary line. He’s twiddling with Aho and Jarvis, and who wouldn’t need to play with Aho and Jarvis, and his minutes are back up, and he’s got 12 points in his last 13 games. So all the pieces has calmed down for now, his usage is back up there. I feel the one thing you take a look at here and say, hey, if it ever regresses to where it was before then it’s something now we have to maintain a watch out for.
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And I mean, once I heard that today, I used to be blown away. I mean, who wouldn’t have an interest?
Maclean: “Well, Rod Brind’Amour is amazing. That they had (Mikko) Rantenan. That they had (Martin) Necas. They survived losing each. So that they have that ability in Carolina.
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