Martin Necas has been the NHL’s biggest surprise, and every team should be kicking themselves for blowing it

We’re almost 20 games into the NHL regular season and nobody has been a bigger surprise than Martin Necas of the Carolina Hurricanes. The 25-year-old center is on a heater, with 11 goals and 19 assists in 17 games, ranking third in the league in points scored, and he’s got 21 points in his last 10 for good measure.

A Necas breakout season isn’t that surprising in isolation. He’s routinely shown flashes that he could become a top flight forward. The stunning part of all this is that he’s doing it in Carolina, especially following a summer where it was known throughout the league that the Canes were shopping

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