Now that the lockout is officially over and the NHL is ready to begin an abbreviated 48-game season. As one would expect, the schedule is going to be jam packed this year with lots of back-to-back games and home-and-home series' to help the league get 48 games in before the end of April. Because the season is starting to late, the trade deadline is being pushed back to April 3rd and the season will end on April 27th instead of the beginning of the month per usual. It isn't ideal, but beggers can't be choosers at this point and I'm sure the fans are just happy to have the NHL back in general. Teams finally released their schedules last night, so now we know what lies ahead for the Hurricanes and everyone else.
The most important thing to remember in this shortened year is that every single games means so much more than it does in a full 82-game year. There are always stretches of games where teams go through rough patches and while not much is thought of them duri...
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