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Carolina Hurricanes: 10 thoughts after first quarter of the season

By Andrew Miller

RALEIGH, NC - NOVEMBER 24: Derek Ryan #7 and Jeff Skinner #53 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate Ryan's goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period of an NHL game on November 24, 2017 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC - NOVEMBER 24: Derek Ryan #7 and Jeff Skinner #53 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrate Ryan's goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period of an NHL game on November 24, 2017 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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RALEIGH, NC – NOVEMBER 22: Carolina Hurricanes fans lights the arena in honor of Hockey Fights Cancer during a game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on November 22, 2017. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC – NOVEMBER 22: Carolina Hurricanes fans lights the arena in honor of Hockey Fights Cancer during a game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on November 22, 2017. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

6. PNC Arena needs more seats filled

Weekend games seem to be the only ones that have more than half the seats filled in PNC Arena. The attendance is one of the worst parts of this franchise over the past few seasons and it’s caused some bad rumors to start swirling.

There’s some bigger cities in the northern part of the country and in Canada that would love to have the Canes relocate to their city. Yet, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman did confirm the league’s backing of the team in Raleigh in January.

Carolina averages around 400 less fans per game than the Islanders, who are in second to last place in the NHL in terms of average attendance. However, the worst number for the Canes attendance is the 60.3 percent of PNC Arena getting filled to capacity each game.

The next worst team in the league in terms of filling to home capacity is also the Islanders at just over 74 percent. The Florida Panthers are close to the Isles at 74.6 percent. This front office needs to start doing something to fill the heats during home games.

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