Hurricanes' Special Team Struggles & Looking Back at the 2015 Draft Class
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In today’s edition, we have the Hurricanes special team woes and taking a look back at the 2015 NHL Draft Class for Carolina, and more.
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Hurricanes’ Special Teams Could Not Survive Avalanche
October 22, 2023 by Zach Martin
Injuries in the latter half of the road trip have put the Hurricanes in a tough spot having to emergency call Cal Burke from his stint with the Colorado Eagles, funny enough the Avalanche’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. Furthermore, all of this was after Andrei Svechnikov was not able to come on the trip due to coming back from his knee surgery back in March. All of that along with the previously mentioned five games in seven days created a storm that no one saw coming at Ball Arena in Denver. They ended up losing the game 6-4 to the Avalanche. What went wrong for the Hurricanes?
A Hurricanes Look Back: Grading the 2015 Draft Class
January 30, 2021 by Alex Ohari
Today we continue with the grading of prior Canes draft classes, after reviewing the 2014 class earlier in the week. A horrible 2014-15 season resulted in a top-5 pick for the team, and a bit of a sell-off at the trade deadline gave the team 9 picks on draft day, which was tied for their most selections since 1998.
With four picks in the top 100, it was essential for a rebuilding franchise to capitalize on their opportunity. The 2015 class as a whole was quite deep and, considering the Canes’ shallow prospect pool at the time, I was really invested in this draft class. I knew the team had a chance to change their misfortunes of years prior…but did they? Let’s take a look at the class in its entirety.