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Carolina Hurricanes: Takeaways from Road Loss to Dallas Stars

By Matthew Nidiffer

DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 11: Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce (22) battle for the puck during the game between the Dallas Stars and the Carolina Hurricanes on February 11, 2019 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 11: Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce (22) battle for the puck during the game between the Dallas Stars and the Carolina Hurricanes on February 11, 2019 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 11: Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes in goal against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on February 11, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 11: Petr Mrazek #34 of the Carolina Hurricanes in goal against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on February 11, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

3. Did James Reimer Start?

No, but I do not blame this loss on Mrazek in any way, shape, or form.

Reimer may have stopped the bleeding a bit more effectively, but he would’ve been left out to dry just as much as Mrazek was last night.

Reimer is the clear starter in my opinion, but Rod seems to be too set in his ways. It took Assistant Coach Jeff Daniels’ constant nagging to get Roddy to put Andrei Svechnikov on the 1st line, and look what happened? Productivity.

I imagine the same type of stubbornness is what is keeping Mrazek in the starter’s crease at this point.

The goalie choice last night wouldn’t have made much difference, though. The Canes lost this one due to failures from the entire team.

The road to the playoffs is getting shorter and shorter, and it’s beginning to look like the Carolina Hurricanes may actually miss. I can only hope for them to turn it around sooner rather than later, and for me to be proven entirely wrong. I’d love nothing more.

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