The current draft pool may be among the deepest in league history. Continuing in Cardiac Cane’s 2020 Draft Profiles, here’s why Dawson Mercer is a prime candidate for the Carolina Hurricanes.
If any Hurricanes fan doubts the importance of the draft, the name Andrei Svechnikov should dispel any doubt. The team’s star forward was chosen second overall in the 2018 draft. A top prospect in the 2020 draft, Dawson Mercer, could add important depth to the right-wing position and help clear up any scoring difficulties the team has faced.
Dawson Mercer is a proud Newfoundland native who revealed in a SportsNet interview that he grew up idolizing fellow Newfoundland native and Detroit Red Wings legend Daniel Cleary.