For the entire 2018/19 season a certain portion of the fan base known as “Complainiacs” have moaned and groaned about the Carolina Hurricanes’ need for a top line center. Yet it would be impossible to gripe and complain about trades not made without overlooking one glaringly obvious fact: the team already has a first line center, and his name is Sebastian Aho!
I know Aho broke in as a winger and that outside of centering a Finnish line during the World Juniors his experience in the middle was minimum, but the 2018/19 season has served as a coming out party for the Carolina Hurricanes.