The Hurricanes are going to have an uphill battle if they are missing Braillard, Gustafson, and Doyle as well as their top dogs not producing the way we expect them too. I’m not one to call out underperformers because we seldom know the truth when it comes to injuries, personal life, team dynamics, coaches decisions but the Hurricanes don’t have a current gamebreaker like a McKenna, Chyzowski, or Cristall/Catton/ Van Ohm. They traded for Price and Yager who were good enough to play on Team Canada but I would say their play has been underwhelming so far. Why? I have to think they are both gutting it out and we don’t know the truth.
Regardless, they find themselves in the final 4 teams and hats off to them for that. They have earned it considering they seldom dress a healthy roster.
Any word on the return dates for some of these injured players?