The Hurricanes sure like to keep the families connected. Not only do they have two Staal's in their organization but three members of the Sutter family tree as well. The one who most fans know about is Brandon Sutter, who plays an important role as the team's third line center, but one who the national media may not know about is his cousin, Brett Sutter. There's a very good reason for that, though. Brett might be vital to the Hurricanes organization as the captian of their AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers but he has yet to make his mark in the NHL and time is running out for him to do so.
Sutter has spent the majority of the last five seasons in the AHL and wasn't much of a scorer there, and that limits what he can do in the NHL. Which is the reason why he is usually regulated to fourth line duty and called up on either an emergency basis or to be a fourth line plug. The most time he played in a game this season was 9 minutes and 35 seconds so that should tell...
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