You know reading these posts it seems like a lot of fans are blaming the new guy: Orlov.
Were these the same fans whom were getting all over Burns after his slow start?
For a new person coming to the team I'll give him time to adjust.
Yes, Orlov has not been good defensively this year; but guess what...neither has the team as a whole so I don't think it's fair to put the blame on one person defensively. It seems like Pesce and Skjei have been the most consistent defensively.
Also, this might help calm some of you fans down that may be starting to panic:
The Carolina Hurricanes are off to an uncharacteristic start, but there's no reason to believe they've truly changed as a team.
sports.yahoo.com
The article was written before the Kraken game but covers what's going on with the team.
I thought it was interesting.
Goes to show you to not put to much stock on early season struggles; it's an 82 game season, not a 5 game season.
Remember, we got off to a slow start last year; not defensively but record wise we were not good (yes we were above .500 but were like 10-5-6 or something like that); then we won 11 in a row and started to take off from there.