Carolina Hurricanes: Top three Bold Predictions for the End of 2019

The Carolina Hurricanes have roared back to life these last few games. Here are three bold predictions for the team before the end of the decade.

2019 has been kind to the Carolina Hurricanes and their fans. A playoff berth, their first in ten years, a plethora of excellent players, and now even a brand new training facility in the works. There seems to be little more that we or the players can ask for. That doesn’t mean that we don’t make some bold predictions.

That is right, with only ten games left in the year there is still plenty of time between now and the new year for crazy things to happen. After all, this is the NHL. If teams sitting in the basement this time of year can come back and win the Stanley Cup, anything can happen. That means the things on this list are completely within the realm of possibility.

After all when Sebastian Aho can casually score three goals and add on two assists, anything is possible for this Carolina Hurricanes team.

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Now some of these predictions are a little mild, others are pretty spicy. But like the wings at B-dubs, they are all BOLD regardless of spiciness. You know what I am talking about with the arrow and everything. But I digress. The Carolina Hurricanes right now are a question mark, but on the right side of the “bubble” conversation.

So get yourself a comfy chair and perhaps a glass of water before we dive into the next three predictions before we ring in the new year.

Mrazek will not lose another Home Game in 2019

Petr Mrazek has had his ups and downs this season. There is no question about it. But at 13-6-1 in 20 games played there is no doubt that the ups have far exceeded the downs. This is especially true in PNC Arena where he is 10-3-0 in 13 games played.

Petr loves playing at PNC Arena. He has been unstoppable there. Between the rabid fans that chant his name throughout the game and cheer every head bobble, explosive outburst, and incredible save and the fact that he knows that this is his castle, there is truly no place like home for the Czech born netminder.

Did he know that this was the cult of personality that he was committing to when he re-signed late in the offseason with the Carolina Hurricanes? Maybe, maybe not but now with only three more home games left in the year there is no reason for the Hurricanes to start any netminder not Named Petr Mrazek between the pipes against the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, and Montreal Canadiens.

Three easily important games. Also three opponents that Petr Mrazek has defeated handedly in the 2019 Calendar year. Easy prediction for Mrazek to take us into 2020 with three home wins and three Storm Surges. What are you waiting for? GO GET YOUR TICKETS.

Andrei Svechnikov will have 50 points by 2020

Andrei Svechnikov has 32 points on the season already. You didn’t read that incorrectly. The sophomore Russian phenom is the only Carolina Hurricane to be over a point per game. That puts him at only five points shy of his entire 2018-2019 season! My Bold prediction for him before the end of the year is that he hits 50. That is right 50.

That means he needs to get another 18 points in the next ten game. That means he needs to average almost 2 points per game until the end of the year. That is completely in his wheelhouse. He already has eleven multipoint games on the season and a three point game. What is another eight before the end of the year. After all this kid keeps getting better and better:

Powerplay? Five on Five? Shorthanded? No problem, Svechnikov has you covered. But I am going to double down on this bold prediction with another one within in. That’s right folks, we are about to go within a bold-prediction-ception.

So here it is, you ready? Andrei Svechnikov will get his first NHL hat trick before the end of the year. Against who? There are so many options here. But I triple down on my predictions and say it will be against Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers when they come into PNC for their third and final matchup against the Hurricanes.

The Panthers have already been chased out of PNC once before, now it will be Andrei’s turn to chase them out. Perhaps you might want to bring your cheap hat to this game.