Hurricanes' Andrej Nestrasil: Career season cut short by injury
Nestrasil (back) finished the 2015-16 season with a career-high 23 points in 55 games.
Analysis:
Nestrasil was enjoying a very good campaign until a fractured vertebra in February cut his season short. Nestrasil started out the season in a bottom-six role before discovering some chemistry with Jordan Staal and Joakim Nordstrom. The trio went on to form a very solid second line, and Nestrasil's ice time spiked as a result -- as much as 18-20 minutes per night in mid-January. We expect a healthy Nestrasil to be back competing for a similar role when training camps open in September.
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