Carolina Hurricanes (8-17-4) at Edmonton Oilers (13-11-3)Rexall Place 9:30 p.m. ESTTV: FS-Carolinas, TSN
There is a good chance that Carolina goes down a similar path to these Oilers that we're facing tonight. They have lost seven in a row, have already replaced their head coach, have some promising youth in the system and are on track for a top-five pick. The Oilers now have three top-level forward prospects on their team and appear to be finally making progress in their rebuild. There's been a lot of people who want the Canes to "Fail for Nail" and tank to get the number one pick because it's the only option but let's think about that for a minute. A team that gets the number one pick is not instantly going to become a contender the next year. It's going to take a couple more years like this before we're sitting pretty like the Capitals and Penguins are right now. Do I want this team to have success and rebuild through the draft? Absolutely, espe...
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PLAYERS:
Nikolai Khabibulin,
Tom Renney,
Taylor Hall,
Jordan Eberle,
Ryan Smyth,
Ryan Jones,
Joni Pitkanen,
Andreas Nodl,
Mike Murphy,
Devan Dubnyk,
Eric Staal,
Tomas Kaberle,
Jussi Jokinen,
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes
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