It may be a bit unconventional to label a player who was 19-going-on-20 years old a veteran. But that’s exactly what defenseman Haydn Fleury was when he attended his third Prospects Development Camp with the Carolina Hurricanes in early July.
“I can still remember my first camp. It’s pretty cool to be the older guy here. I still remember when Trevor Carrick and Brock McGinn and Phil Di Giuseppe were the older guys my first year. It’s cool being that guy.” Come October, Fleury wants to be that guy who cracks the Hurricanes’ lineup.