The Carolina Hurricanes Have Lost 13 Straight ECF Games...

[GlitchMarner]

And it's about to be 14.

How does that happen? That seems highly unlikely statistically.

They are to round three what TOR and COL are to seventh games.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

Several years ago I asked when they start blaming Rod and I got some roster nonsense about how he's overachieving. What about now? Are we still sticking with that excuse?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Let the record show that the Sabres have won an ECF game more recently than the Canes.

 

[Bruce Granville]

They never get to play the Leafs…

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

Tendency to get easier matchups in the first two rounds then get into series where they're seriously overmatched?

 

[Bruce Granville]

Several years ago I asked when they start blaming Rod and I got some roster nonsense about how he's overachieving. What about now? Are we still sticking with that excuse?

With this roster?
Look at the players they lost before the season and at the trades they lost at TDL.
He is still overachieving.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

With this roster?
Look at the players they lost before the season and at the trades they lost at TDL.
He is still overachieving.

Oh geez you're sticking with that one? Geez dark times in NC. I wish I had an eternal excuse for almost succeeding at my job

 

[thaman8765678]

Shoot. The. Puck.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

They never get to play the Leafs…

Thats just asking for some Final Destination sorta shit so both teams can lose..

 

[NVious]

Let the record show that the Sabres have won an ECF game more recently than the Canes.

Why don't the Canes simply emulate the Sabres more? They've obviously got the secret sauce to winning conference finals games.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Oh geez you're sticking with that one? Geez dark times in NC. I wish I had an eternal excuse for almost succeeding at my job

Aho would be the only player to make the Cats‘ lineup. Maybe Andersen as a backup.
They could use Slavin, but they wouldn‘t need him…

 

[JKG33]

With this roster?
Look at the players they lost before the season and at the trades they lost at TDL.
He is still overachieving.

Yup. On paper this is a much worse roster than they had 2 years ago in the "closest sweep ever" or whatever he called it

Dumdum needs to hire an actual hockey GM instead of always trying to have the smartest guy in the room

 

[hangman005]

Everyoone it's impossible to win an ECF game.... never been done before.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They have no business even being in the playoffs. Biggest paper tiger ever.

 

[pockets321]

Aho would be the only player to make the Cats‘ lineup. Maybe Andersen as a backup.
They could use Slavin, but they wouldn‘t need him…

Lol come on.. are Jarvis, Svechnikov, Necas(before he was traded) just a bunch of scrubs?
they have also a had a pretty good defense the past couple of years, 14 straight ECF losses are more than a player issue

 

[Nicko999]

The whole division was a joke and it shows.

Only 3 teams made it. The Devils were arguably the worst team of the playoffs while the Caps overachieved this year.
So we are left with the Canes as the best of the bunch but clear they do not have the extra gear needed at this level.

 

[Skiiiiiiinerrr]

It's about to go up.

 

[Bruce Granville]

They have no business even being in the playoffs. Biggest paper tiger ever.

I don‘t think you know what a paper tiger is…

 

[NYRnine94]

I thought they would get to the cup since we weren't there to spank them as usual but they just about blew it. If they win a game this series, i'll be shocked. Pretenders vs Contenders. Now you see why Rantanen wanted nothing to do with that organization.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

They have no business even being in the playoffs. Biggest paper tiger ever.

They're a solid machine like team. But they're bland and there's nothing special about them. Hence the easy playoff team but gets destroyed by the real contenders story that happens every year.

 

[BHD]

Can't blame injuries this time

 

[Hoek]

Tendency to get easier matchups in the first two rounds then get into series where they're seriously overmatched?

Another reason this playoff format blows chunks. Bounce them out earlier against some Atlantic team instead of letting them waltz past phony inferior "rivals" in the Metro. The conference finals should be epic, not a joke, and the first round is too heavy.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Florida vs Toronto was this years ECF

 

[BB79]

Even the Leafs aren't this bad. They should wear their Hartford Failures jerseys, at least they'll look good losing

 

[Ghost of Murph]

A remarkable thing to do. Teams that make the conference finals should theoretically be close to each other in talent. NHL absolutely needs to change the seeding system. The current one sucks and has gotten boring with the same matchups year after year. To hell with this creating rivalries crap the NHL says the current system promotes. Conference finals should be tight affairs.