Carolina Hurricanes: Revisiting Eddie Lack’s Tenure
By Nick Bass
What Eddie Lack Was Traded For
So, Eddie Lack is traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for two picks in the 2015 NHL Draft. Let’s find out what the Carolina Hurricanes gave up with those picks for Lack. The 2015 NHL draft was headlined by some interesting players like Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Zach Werenski, Mitch Marner, Mikko Rantanen and many more. But these picks weren’t until the 3rd and 7th round respectively where there was still a ton of NHL talent left.
The 2015 3rd round pick that the Canucks acquired turned into Guillaume Brisebois, who is a 23-year old left-handed defenseman who has had a decent start to his career. Brisebois has played a total of 9 NHL games, has yet to score a NHL point, and is listed as a -4 overall. Brisebois is described as being a two-way defender with excellent hockey IQ and decent skating. He has spent the majority of this year with the Vancouver Canucks’ taxi squad but had 3 points in 14 games with the Utica Comets and the Laval Rocket.
The 2016 7th round pick that the Canucks acquired was used on Brett McKenzie. McKenzie was described as a smart defensive forward who isn’t known as overly physical. From what I can find, McKenzie was never offered a contract by the Vancouver Canucks, put up 3 points in 6 games with the Providence Bruins and Chicago Wolves over a 2 year span, 105 points in 118 ECHL games and is now playing in Poland with Unia Oswiecim.
Obviously, that isn’t a ton of value for a guy like Lack, who at the time of the trade was a NHL starter who had a 2.45 Goals Against Average and a .921 save percentage in 41 games. But how did he play in backup to Cam Ward?
Spoiler alert: not great.