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Carolina Hurricanes: Keys to Ending the Dallas Win Streak

By Omar Abdelgawad

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 25: Blake Comeau #15 of the Dallas Stars defends Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes during the third period of their game at PNC Arena on February 25, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Stars won 4-1. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 25: Blake Comeau #15 of the Dallas Stars defends Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes during the third period of their game at PNC Arena on February 25, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Stars won 4-1. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 28: Jake Bean skates with the puck against Mikhail Sergachev #98 of the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of their game at PNC Arena on January 28, 2021 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 28: Jake Bean skates with the puck against Mikhail Sergachev #98 of the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of their game at PNC Arena on January 28, 2021 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

The Calvary isn’t Here Yet, so Let the Kids Play

Teuvo Teravainen, Warren Foegele, Jaccob Slavin, and Jordan Martinook were finally allowed out of their COVID cells to join back with the team and skate a bit yesterday. But they are nowhere near ready to join the rest of the team. That means that the same squad that was out there against the Lightning two nights ago will once again be asked to face a tough team.

This can be a good thing or this can be a bad thing.

Consider this, Tampa had no idea what to expect from a roster that featured five kids that all together have played only a handful of NHL games, some making their NHL debuts that night. The film on them was all AHL games and virtually useless to an NHL coach.

Add on a coach like Rod Brind’amour who allows for creativity and insanity from his younger players. Tampa knew that they had to stick to shutting down the offense and hope to generate enough offense of their squeak out a win.

We all now know that that did not happen as the Carolina defense and netminding was impenetrable. But there is now some film that Dallas can watch to prepare for the youth they are visiting.

So what now?

https://twitter.com/MSmithCanes/status/1355531614596567237

Now you don’t change a thing. Don’t rope in the kids. Let them go out there and play hockey. Let chaos reign. Dallas may be a good, disciplined team. They may be a tough team. They may even be the best team in this division. But they win playing boring hockey. Let’s introduce them to some electricity and excitement and see if they can handle it.

I would bet that they can’t.

Even that scoreless game with Tampa was completely electric and exciting. A team this young can keep that up and continue to push teams to their limits. Tampa gave as good as they got on the other end as well. They are a team with electricity all of their own (pun fully intended).

Dallas on the other hand was never built to handle that. The Stanley Cup Finals proved that well enough. Now is the time to cry havoc and let slip the kids of hockey.

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