It wasn’t long ago that we were asking if Victor Rask should be traded. He was offered as trade bait in the off-season and ever since returning from the injury reserve, he has not felt at home within the Carolina Hurricanes lineup. We asked if there was a market for Rask and what the return for him, if any would be. Don Waddell and the Carolina Hurricanes have answered these questions as they announced that Victor Rask would be swapping teams with Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter.
So who is Niederreiter? The 26 year old right winger from Switzerland, who has been adoringly labeled “el Nino” (we just had to go and get a player nicknamed after a weather phenomenon) has played all 46 games for Minnesota this year, scoring 9 goals and earning 14 apples for 23 points on the season so far.