Hurricanes Roundtable: Best and Worst Offseason Moves

Name one player you think is poised for a break out year in 2019-20.

Tyler Young: With so many new faces likely to be the opening night roster, there is a lot of opportunity for a breakout player. The best bet though is a holdover from last year.

If not for a weird cold streak in the middle of the season, Warren Foegele would already be a household name. His play is fast, physical, and high intensity. His play is exactly what Rod Brind’Amour had in mind when he named teams “Grit” and “Grind” for his first training camp.

The fact of the matter is that his cold streak had more to do with poor puck luck than any lack of effort or skill. During that time Foegele was consistently in the right place, and right time, just didn’t get the puck-luck. When he finally reversed the curse, he had five goals, and four assists in his 15 playoff games. This is a player poised to turn a corner and 2019-20 could prove to be his year.

Christian Candeloro: Man that’s a good pick. Give me Dzingel. I think he really fell into a bad situation in Columbus and is poised to put up the type of production he had in Ottawa, where he had three straight seasons of 20+ goals.

Especially if Justin Williams doesn’t return to the team, Dzingel’s role will be important and could pay off as the team’s best move this offseason.