11. 2013-14
Possibly known as the “one that got away” between the pipes for the Canes, goalie Anton Khudobin actually got more starts than Cam Ward or Justin Peters during the 2013-14 campaign. Khudobin finished with a .926 save percentage with 19 wins.
As a whole, the Canes posted a record of 36-35-11. There was some real potential with this Carolina squad with some solid goaltending backed by a good group of talented offensive players. Something just did not connect.
Part of the reason for that was the realization that Kirk Muller was not the answer as head coach. This was the last full season that Muller had with the Canes until Bill Peters would take over the following season.
Eric Staal and Jeff Skinner led the team in points. Yet, neither had some of their best seasons and it would be one of the last seasons with Staal as captain. The Alexander Semin experiment did not work out very well either.