06-27-2013, 08:59 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Canes "intrigued" by Nichushkin:
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“He’s a very intriguing player,” Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said this week.
Carolina, barring a trade, will have the No. 5 overall pick in the draft, its highest since 2005. If Nichushkin is available when the time comes Sunday, the Canes may not be able to pass on him.
There should be other promising options at No. 5 – forwards such as Sean Monahan of the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey League and Elias Lindholm, who played well in the Swedish Elite League as a 17-year-old last season. If defenseman Seth Jones isn’t taken with one of the top four picks, he may be Carolina’s target, but Rutherford said the Canes are “leaning” toward selecting a forward.
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Rutherford said the Canes have planned 11 player interviews in New York this week before Sunday’s draft at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. One of the first was to be with Nichushkin and his agent, Mark Gandler.
“We will have a very good dialogue with the player,” Rutherford said.
Gandler also represents Russian forward Alexander Semin, who signed with Carolina as a free agent last July and later agreed to a five-year contract extension. Semin, 29, could help mentor a player such as Nichushkin.
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