It hasn’t been since 2006 when the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup that the Hurricanes have won the Southeast Division. In arguably one of the easiest divisions in hockey in the past five seasons the Hurricanes have completely struggled. There have been a few seasons where the Hurricanes will muster out hope in the last two months of the season but there have been numerous in season issues with the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes struggles begin in the front office where they have had gone through three coaches since their Stanley Cup. The Hurricanes have been one of the worst teams in the free agent market in the past five seasons as well. Their three biggest signings in the past three years (in terms of money spent) Tomas Kaberle, Joe Corvo, and Tom Kostopoulos, all are no longer with the team. So the question is while teams like Los Angeles, Edmonton and Washington having built from the ground up since 2006 why are the Hurricanes consistently falling lower and lower in the stand...
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PLAYERS:
Tomas Kaberle,
Joe Corvo,
Tom Kostopoulos,
Jim Rutherford,
Alexei Ponikarovsky,
Brian Boucher,
Jaroslav Spacek,
Luca Caputi,
Martin Skoula,
Dustin Penner,
Anton Babchuk,
Andrew Alberts,
Stephane Yelle,
Manny Legace,
Jay Harrison,
Josef Melichar,
Wade Brookbank,
David Tanabe
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks
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