Ehlers' Rank Among Canes' Top Free-Agent Gems?

Nikolaj Ehlers slots into Carolina's free-agent pantheon, but where exactly does he land among the Hurricanes' shrewdest offseason hauls. Front offices still whisper about how Rod Brind'Amour coaxed elite speed and snarl out of a guy who torched nets in Winnipeg for years. As the Canes chase another deep run, Ehlers' fit raises the stakes on whether he's their best splash since the cap era flipped the script on big swings.