Carolina Hurricanes: The Panic Button
By Thomas G
Is it time for the Carolina Hurricanes to hit the panic button? Here’s a look at where the Canes are right now and why fans should not panic.
A situation begins as the plot of a joke. Two men walk into a bar; displaying their Hurricane colors in their own unique ways. One is wearing the black jersey. You know, the one that looks like a droopy rose. The other is sporting the red, eye-of-the-storm jersey.
As they sit there, and hours go by, both of them become gradually angrier. Finally, the game is over. The Toronto Maple Leafs dispose of the Canes 8-1. Raleigh has been through a lot with their NHL team. A move from Hartford, a Stanley Cup, now and everything else in between.
One of the pair decides to take a look at the standings. His eye twitches in a sudden flash of rage.
“We’re dead last in the metro!”
“Behind Philly?”
“Behind Philly.”
“Ugh, BWAH!”
Everyone else in the bar stares. Them and their Wolfpack, them and their Panthers. They will never truly comprehend how hard it is to be a Canes fan, or a hockey fan in general. One moment, you can be hoisting the Stanley Cup in glory; the next, you’re on a decade-long playoff drought. It’s simply the way of the game.
“I just- I can’t take this anymore. Management is failing us. They put us through this 10-year ‘Rebuild,’ and what do they have to give us? This… excuse for talent?”
“Yeah. Times are pretty rough. Things aren’t going great. But you know what? We’re not even half way through the season, and I have confidence in our managem-”
“In Peters?”
“Well… mostly Francis. But even if things continue this way, we have a lot of talent in the pipeline. Teravainen looks great, Nedeljkovic is coming up soon-“.