Hurricanes drop 14th straight

by James Mirtle on Nov 14, 2009 12:59 AM CST Comment 19 comments

Ugliness in Carolina these days. The 'Canes have now lost more games in a row than any other team postlockout, and the most since a couple teams did worse in the 2003-04 season. Their marquee star, Eric Staal, is out with an injury. So is Cam Ward. They're tight against the salary cap.

And no one wants to see a white-helmeted Manny Legace starting all your games and Bryan Rodney, he of ECHL fame, taking a regular turn on the blueline in overtime.

More on long, long losing streaks at Globe on Hockey and Behind The Net.

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I feel really bad for Carolina. A lot of teams have been hit by injuries to star players, but it hits a team like the Hurricanes the hardest.

"My face is my mask."

by jakeshapiro on Nov 14, 2009 1:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Have you seen the Canucks injury list this year?

by Jevant on Nov 14, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Similarly, Detroit.

by hallock on Nov 14, 2009 7:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Meh, the Habs have used 12 different d-men in less than 20 games. I feel sorry for no one.

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by saskhab on Nov 14, 2009 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In all fairness, Staal and Cam Ward weren’t doing much to stem the tide before they went out on IR.

by elesias on Nov 14, 2009 9:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

They better win on Sunday vs. Minny. Because I don’t want a team that hasn’t won in 15 games playing the Habs on Tuesday. Especially the Hurricanes, who always play the Habs hard and usually win.

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by saskhab on Nov 14, 2009 9:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Man, when your franchise goalie and your franchise forward both are on the shelf, its gonna be tough to win games and the canes lack depth in all positions and it shows. But this decreases the chances of Boston landing the first overall pick so leaf fans ca hope for something.

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by LeafFan1989 on Nov 14, 2009 10:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

It depresses me when Southeast clubs struggle.

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by Donny Rivette on Nov 14, 2009 10:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Rod Brind’Amour needs to retire. Yesterday.

Of course, I’m not saying he WILL quit on the team in the middle of the losing streak, but IMO, he shouldn’t have even come back for this season.

by Afino on Nov 14, 2009 10:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Brind’Amour needs to give the team a pep talk.

by Arenacale on Nov 14, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

That video reminds me of good times.

The seeds of the Brind’Amour issue were sown that summer, though — signing a guy turning 36 to a five-year contract was a poor choice. Brind’Amour retiring would ease the locker room problem of the captain becoming a disaster on the ice, but the Canes are stuck with his cap hit through 2010-11 no matter what (unless they managed to offload him on somebody somehow).

That 17-year-old Hokie sitting in the rafters in Greensboro didn't see any of this coming.

by JoshCVT on Nov 14, 2009 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Staal is not the Captain… he was hurting the team trying to play injured anyway….

by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Nov 14, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, shoulda known that. Fixed!

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by James Mirtle on Nov 14, 2009 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I never really understood

why the ‘Canes were such a popular choice for a top four seed anyway. Yes, they had a good playoff run, and yes, Eric Staal is extremely good. But lots of awful teams have one extraordinary player, and while I understand that Cam Ward has always been popular, his career save percentage of 90.3 isn’t that impressive. One great half-season shouldn’t establish him as an elite netminder.

To me, this stretch of terrible play is less surprising than the extended run of success they had last year.

I've been looking at the sky

by Back In Black on Nov 14, 2009 9:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

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by James Mirtle on Nov 15, 2009 12:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not really surprised

The thing about the Hurricanes is that they’re good one year, awful the next. If they keep up the roller-coaster ride, they should be really good next year.

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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Nov 15, 2009 11:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good One, Bad For Two

2002 – Lost SCF
2003 – Missed playoffs
2004 – Missed playoffs
2005 – Lockout
2006 – Stanley Cup
2007 – Missed playoffs
2008 – Missed playoffs
2009 – Conf Finals

If the pattern holds, they’ll be crud for two years and have a long playoff run in 2012.

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by clrkaitken on Nov 15, 2009 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The good news is that Maurice will be fired and it’ll be Laviolette back in the saddle again for 2012, so they’ll have a better chance of winning the Cup again.

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by saskhab on Nov 16, 2009 12:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

SO glad Toronto finally got rid of Maurice. He was a likable guy, and funny with the media, but a god-awful coach.

And Laviolette. God I hate Laviolette. Maybe it’s from when he coached the Isles back when we made the playoffs and stuff. Or maybe it’s just those teeth.

Yeah, it’s the teeth.

by Vent on Nov 16, 2009 5:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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