Hurricanes Top 25 Under 25: #22 Riley Nash

Let's take a trip back to the year 2008, this is when Riley Nash was considered one of the Edmonton Oilers' top prospects. He was taken in the first round the previous season and was one of the top scorers on Cornell University's hockey team, a squad that featured Colin Greening of the Ottawa Senators. Nash was an absolute stud in college as he not only was a point-per-game player in college, but he excelled at the defensive side of the game, as well. Unfortunately for the Oilers, he seemed to fall out of favor with the organization there and was traded to the Hurricanes at the 2010 NHL Draft in exchange for one of Carolina's second round picks. Since then, Nash has been playing with Carolina's AHL affiliate in Charlotte and got his first taste of the NHL last season appearing in four games with the Hurricanes. There were a lot of high hopes for Nash out of camp last season as he was one of the team's final cuts and was very impressive in the pre-season. Get...