RALEIGH — We take you back to Nov. 27, 2015, when a 22-year-old Connor Hellebuyck made his NHL debut against the Minnesota Wild. The fifth-round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets stopped 15-of-16 pucks that night in St. Paul as his team skated to a 3-1 victory.

The rest, as they say, is history. Hellebuyck has since become one of the league’s premier puckstoppers, with three Vezina trophies and a Hart Trophy on his mantle.

Now, exactly one decade later, the door appears open for Thomas Milic — also 22, also a fifth-round pick — to tend a big-league crease for the very first time. All signs point to him getting the nod on Friday afternoon as the Jets face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second stop of a five-game road trip.

No pressure, kid.

“I think it’s exciting for him and his family. A

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