{"id":301965,"date":"2025-11-23T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301965\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:40:08","slug":"latest-on-andrei-svechnikov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301965\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Andrei Svechnikov"},"content":{"rendered":"

On last night\u2019s Saturday Headlines segment<\/a> of Sportsnet\u2019s NHL broadcast, Elliotte Friedman reported an interesting development coming out of Carolina. He noted that \u201cearlier on in the season,\u201d Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov<\/a> \u201cwas unhappy\u201d with his usage at the time under head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour. As a result, per Friedman, \u201cthe inference was made\u201d to the Hurricanes that \u201cif they wanted to trade\u201d Svechnikov, \u201che wouldn\u2019t be upset about it,\u201d he \u201cwould be open to the idea\u201d of a trade from the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Friedman then added that \u201cthere were some teams that called the Hurricanes\u201d to inquire about trading for Svechnikov, but were told that the club still views the player as a cornerstone one, and that any hypothetical trade for Svechnikov would need to begin with \u201ca monster offer.\u201d\u00a0 Friedman also noted that since that point earlier in the season, \u201cthings have cooled off\u201d as Svechnikov\u2019s usage has increased and he\u2019s been placed on the team\u2019s first line alongside Seth Jarvis<\/a> and Sebastian Aho<\/a>.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But if Svechnikov\u2019s usage slips back to where it was earlier in the year, Friedman\u2019s reporting suggests his name could re-enter trade conversations. While it\u2019s reasonable for Carolina to value Svechnikov highly, other teams could fairly point out that his recent production hasn\u2019t matched that valuation.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old has 12 points in 21 games this season, good for a 47-point 82-game pace. That\u2019s somewhat misleading, though, because Svechnikov has those 12 points in his last 13 games since being moved into the top-six, and began the season scoreless through eight games. So it does appear, at least as far as this season is concerned, that Svechnikov\u2019s production is highly dependent on how he\u2019s utilized in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Dating back to last season, Svechnikov\u2019s offensive impact has been more modest than expected for a player of his pedigree. He scored 48 points in 72 games last season, though he did add eight goals and 12 points in 15 postseason contests. Svechnikov has shown flashes of becoming the kind of superstar winger he was projected to become when he was drafted, but those flashes haven\u2019t been consistent enough for the player to truly ascend to the point where he\u2019s considered a league-wide star.<\/p>\n

On a team that has long chased a true superstar winger, including last year\u2019s short-lived swing for Mikko Rantanen<\/a>, Svechnikov being on pace for a second straight sub-50-point season stands out.<\/p>\n

But the good thing about Svechnikov, from the Hurricanes\u2019 perspective, is that regardless of his numbers at any given time, anyone who watches him can see he\u2019s far more talented than the average player who produces at a similar rate. He\u2019s shown the ability to score at near point-per-game rates, as he had 52 points in 59 games in 2023-24 and 55 points in 64 games in 2022-23.<\/p>\n

But if his usage frustrates him again and his scoring continues to lag behind his 2022\u201324 levels, it\u2019s natural that trade chatter would pick up. It\u2019d certainly be a difficult deal to pull off given Svechnikov\u2019s value to the Hurricanes, as well as his $7.75MM cap hit, but it\u2019d also be a deal a massive portion of the NHL\u2019s teams would likely have at least some level of interest in being involved in.<\/p>\n

While it doesn\u2019t appear that a trade is in any way likely at this point in time, Friedman\u2019s reporting indicates that his status and usage in Carolina will at least be a storyline to watch moving forward.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On last night\u2019s Saturday Headlines segment of Sportsnet\u2019s NHL broadcast, Elliotte Friedman reported an interesting development coming out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[130117,49,48,748,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-301965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-andrei-svechnikov","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}