Ward: 'very minor' changes needed

What do the Hurricanes need next season to take the next step beyond the Eastern Conference finals and make a run at the Stanley Cup? Defenseman Tim Gleason said a "tweak" here and there, but no major changes. Goaltender Cam Ward said the same.  "I think it would be very minor," Ward said today. "I think we really had the right team to go all the way this year, really, to tell you the truth." Ward was at his best as the Canes beat the New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins in a pair of tough seven-game playoff series. But he was a loser in a series for the first time in the Eastern Conference finals as the Pittsburgh Penguins swept into the Stanley Cup finals against Detroit. "We got beat by Pittsburgh in four straight games, but they brought their 'A' game each and every game but I don't think they saw our best," Ward said. "It was never a lack of effort. We worked extremely hard but we just were not as sharp as we ne...