One of the Hurricanes main motives for making the big trade for Jordan Staal was to make the team deeper down the middle and give them a scoring center who they can trust against other team's top lines. So far, most would consider Jordan's performance underwhelming for what the Hurricanes gave up for him. At […]

Right now, one of the rumors circulating around the Carolina Hurricanes is their desire to add a third line center before the trade deadline. This figured not to be an issue coming into the year because the Hurricanes had a lot of natural centers on their roster and could have filled the hole from within. […]

The Hurricanes haven't won many games this year when they've had an "off-night" or didn't play their best hockey, but this was pretty much the case on Friday night against Florida. Despite the 5-1 score, the Hurricanes played a sloppy game and bailed themselves out with a few timely goals and had Anton Khudobin cover […]

If you were to only look at the numbers for this game, you might get the idea that the Hurricanes "outplayed" the Canadiens but lost 4-1 because they either didn't the bounces, were let down by their goaltender or ran into a brick wall at the other end in the form of Carey Price. Part […]

The Hurricanes are coming off a good month of January, winning 10 out of 14 games and playing some of their best hockey of the season. There's been a lot of good vibes to go around, but the four losses they took were all pretty brutal to watch. They were shutout three times and fell […]

On New Year's Eve, the Hurricanes were sitting with a record of 15-16-9 and were on the brink of falling out of the playoffs race early. To make matters worse, they were also in the midst of a five-game losing streak and many of us were wondering "what is wrong with this team." Where were […]

When you're a team on the cusp of the playoff race, a game against a vastly superior opponent is usually considered a "measuring stick" to see how far away said team is from being a contender. This is somewhat flawed logic because hockey is a wild game where results can be variance on any given […]

When the Hurricanes acquired Andrej Sekera from the Buffalo Sabres, it was met with mixed to negative reactions. Sekera wasn't considered a "top four defenseman" by many and most thought that he wasn't worth a roster player and a second round pick. It's been almost seven months since that trade happened and Sekera actually looks […]

Raise your hand if you've heard this story before: The Carolina lost a game in which they outshot their opponent and played a fairly solid game that was muddled by a few critical mistakes. This sums up their 3-0 shutout loss to the Montreal Canadiens last night, ending a four game winning streak and putting […]

It's almost February and most fans are still trying to figure out what this Hurricanes team's "identity" is. This is something that even I have a tough time answering because the Canes have been more of a reactive team and often let their opponents decide the type of game being played. However, if there's one […]

The Hurricanes offense has really become unleashed over the last week or so, averaging 4.4 goals over the last five games and a good chunk of that production has come from the first line. This is what made Saturday's 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators slightly more satisfying. Out of the six goals Carolina scored […]

There haven't been many times this year where the Hurricanes have been able to outscore their problems and get away with playing a sub-par game, but this was the case in their 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. On paper, this should have been a game that the Hurricanes shouldn't have had much trouble with. […]