Due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence off the North Carolina coast, the Carolina Hurricanes will hold their first practices of training camp shortly today, as opposed to tomorrow morning, as originally scheduled. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, storylines entering this year’s camp is a pair of rookies in Andrei Svechnikov and Martin Necas.
The No. 2 pick in the 2018 draft and No. 12 pick in 2017, respectively, arrive with considerable fanfare. Given Svechnikov’s pedigree as the No. 2 pick who scored 40 goals in 44 games in the OHL last year and the success Necas had playing against men in the Czech league, there are fairly high expectations for the duo.