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another ugly loss for Carolina
by David Lee on 11/04/09 at 09:56 PM ET
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On Wednesday night, the Hurricanes traveled to Sunrise and extended their winless streak to ten (0-7-3) games with a 3-0 loss to the Panthers.
Despite dominating play in the opening stanza and getting off 21 shots against Tomas Vokoun, they didn’t score. In the second, the Canes got into some penalty trouble, but did a good job to keep Florida scoreless. Things fell apart in the third. First a lucky bounce goal by Steven Reinprecht, then a power play goal from Cory Stillman, then an empty net shorthanded goal sealed the deal.
Confidence is now at an all-time low. Frustration has to be at an all-time high. I know it is for the fans. I expect a lot of empty seats on Friday against the Maple Leafs. If there’s another loss on Friday, I’m afraid frustrations might boil over in the locker room. Hopefully, we won’t find out.
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Carolina is very good when Eric Staal and Cam Ward are on. When they’re not, this happens.
Posted by cs6687 on 11/05/09 at 12:00 AM ET
Personally, I’m afraid to watch Friday. If we don’t pull out a win over the weekend it’ll officially have been a month since a win. I partially agree with cs6687 above me but at the same time, no one on this team seems to be on right now.
Posted by Jon on 11/05/09 at 11:33 AM ET
It’s not often you hear of a team making the conference finals and then unable to win a game the next season.
See Hurricanes circa 2003, except they went all the way to the Cup Finals in ‘02. Of course, that lousy season turned into a high draft position and Eric Staal.
Posted by caneshockeyfan on 11/05/09 at 12:48 PM ET
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David Lee is a restaurant manager with an unused degree in political science. He can be found at Carolina Hurricanes games, Scrabble tournaments and indie-rock shows. Sometimes, all in the same day.
David has contributed to CBC.ca for their Stanley Cup playoff coverage in 2006 and to the New York Times Slapshot blog for theirs in 2008. Red and Black Hockey was founded in July of 2005.
This after playing so well in the playoffs last year. It’s not often you hear of a team making the conference finals and then unable to win a game the next season.
There playing exactly like Toronto with the same problems. They can’t generate offense and their defense isn’t stopping anything. They are tied for the most goals against in the league and also tied for the least goals for.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that the blame needs to be placed on the front office for not putting together a team that could win games. They need to make some changes.
Posted by Eric on 11/04/09 at 10:56 PM ET