With as many roster changes as the Carolina Hurricanes underwent – from the draft day trade for Michael Ferland and Dougie Hamilton, to parting with longtime netminder Cam Ward – they remained a frequent topic of discussion for hockey pundits over the course of the 2018 off-season. However, with those headline moves and the draft selection of Andrei Svechnikov taking most of the column inches, one addition casually gets over looked on and off the ice: defenseman Calvin de Haan.
De Haan came to Raleigh by way of Metropolitan Division rivals the New York Islanders.