Carolina Hurricanes Player Power Rankings: A Not so Perfect Week

The Basement of the Team

Did you see Julien Gauthier on the ice? Neither did we. He was called down almost as fast as he was called up as he was kept off the scoreboard without a SINGLE shot on goal. But he did manage to rack up two minutes in penalties in the two games he has played. Not a good look for a guy who was raved about in the preseason.

Another man who was called back down as quick as he was called up. Brian Gibbons was the latest in the search for someone who could possibly fill in the position left behind by Jordan Martinook who is out after surgery. Only reason he is above Gauthier is the fact he managed to register a single shot on goal in two games. The search continues.

Poor Lucas Wallmark, he is the main subject of the rotating door that is becoming the fourth line wing as the center is trying to establish himself on this winning team. With Jordan Martinook the fourth line looks solid, without him Wallmark looks lost. Even the veteran Gibbons couldn’t help with that. He has more shots on goal than both Gibbons and Gauthier combined at two.

Almost putting it in your own net is also not a good look.

I am about to put Warren Foegele‘s face on milk cartons. Seriously, where is this man? Where is the postseason hero from last year that managed to draw the ire of a pornstar?  People are starting to wonder if he has made himself expendable. At Least he earned himself another point, although at this rate he won’t have enough at the end of the year to warrant another contract.

It really just a Testament to why Martinook deserved that “A”.

Oh my baby flower. Only thing keeping Haydn Fleury from sinking to the bottom of the rankings is that his defense is actually solid. It isn’t spectacular, but it isn’t costing the team more than it should. He needs a little more confidence. Seven shots in four games isn’t going to get you that first NHL goal man.