NHL Rumors: Andrei Svechnikov was open to a trade earlier this season

Andrei Svechnikov was unhappy with the ice time earlier this season and approved the idea of ​​a trade if the Carolina Hurricanes wanted to move him

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman said teams called up the Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikovwho at one point this season told the Hurricanes he would be open to trading. Svechnikov was not happy with his ice time.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Ron Maclean: “One of the things you and Kyle talked about on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, the latest episode, is how players don’t have to wait forever if they’re not happy with the ice time. So you can listen to the podcast for that story. (Andrei) Svechnikov is not a kid, but he was unhappy.

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Friedman: “Yeah, earlier this season. So Andrei Svechnikov, great player, great player for the Carolina Hurricanes. If you, if you’re a fan of the team, or if you were watching the whole league, you know he played the first eight games at some point. His usage was low. He was on the fourth line. He had a game where he was down about 12 minutes, and he was unhappy.”

And he, I understand that, and how else, I haven’t spoken to him directly, but I understand that the conclusion was made to the Carolina Hurricanes that if they wanted to trade him, he wouldn’t be upset about it. That he would be open to the idea.

I think this came out, and that’s kind of how I heard about it today. I think this came out. I heard there were a number of teams that called the Hurricanes, and they were told that we still consider this a cornerstone player, and this is not something that we want to do, but if you’re going to ask us, you’re going to have to make a monster offer.

Now things have cooled down, Ron. He’s back on the front line. He’s playing with Aho and Jarvis, and who wouldn’t want to play with Aho and Jarvis, and his minutes are up again, and he has 12 points in his last 13 games. So everything has calmed down for now, his usage is back up. I think the one thing you look at here and say, hey, if it ever gets back to where it was before, then that’s something we need to pay attention to.

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And I mean, when I heard that today, I was blown away. I mean, who wouldn’t be interested?

Maclean: “Well, Rod Brind’Amour it’s great. They had (Mikko) Rantenan. They had (Martin) Necas. They survived losing both. So they have that opportunity in Carolina.

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