Carolina Hurricanes: Most Difficult Road Trips of the 2015-2016 Season

Apr 11, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Carolina Hurricanes center

(center) receives congratulations from teammates after scoring as Detroit Red Wings wing

(41) reacts in the first period at Joe Louis Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

The Carolina Hurricanes have improved this offseason, but no amount of improvement can help them avoid some nasty streaks of games on the schedule.

The Canes have added James Wisniewski and Noah Hanifin to the fray on defense and Eddie Lack to the goaltending discussion since the end of the offseason, and they let depth players like Patrick Dwyer and Brett Bellemore head to free agency.

Now that we are under two months away from the regular season, it is time to look at what the schedule will have to offer the club.

Luckily for the Canes, they will only take 4 road trips of 3+ games. That’s opposed to 6 homestands of 3+ games in the coming year.

This will likely prove very beneficial for the Hurricanes, a team that played above NHL .500 hockey on home ice (18-16-7), compared to its horribly sub par record on the road (12-25-4).

Hopefully this team will take advantage of their homestands and put together some solid hockey in front of the fans at the PNC Arena, but whether or not they do, they will play some tough teams on the road.

Let’s take a look at the four 3+ game road trips that the Carolina Hurricanes will play this season and rank them based on difficulty.

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