WASHINGTON -- For a long time, Andrei Svechnikov has been the Carolina Hurricanes would-be and should-be gamebreaker. "We say it all the time," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said of the 25-year-old. "All year we've been kind of waiting for that Andrei. And still, we got through the regular season, but

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