Carolina Hurricanes: Now Or Never for Fleury

Five years removed from being the Seventh overall pick in the draft, is Haydn Fleury finally ready to prove his value to the Carolina Hurricanes? Or has his time passed?

The year was 2014. The Hurricanes, fresh off another disappointment of a season, were prepared to search far and wide for answers. Winds of change took the team by storm, with Kirk Muller shown a swift exit and now-Hall of Fame GM Jim Rutherford replaced by Ronnie Francis. The new regime was set.

But what wasn’t a mystery to anyone was how tough Francis’ job would be, inheriting a team full of brutal contracts, depleted of any prospect depth and no real direction. The defensive situation was especially horrid, with Ryan…