The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Raleigh last night believing they would be entering the eye of a dangerous storm. Upon arrival they found out they were surrounded by many other Penguins and only had to endure a tropical depression filled with occasional strong gusts but nothing they couldn’t overcome.
In what is yet another sad repeat of the same old story, we have to come up with weather metaphors to keep from writing the same stuff over and over again. It’s easy to sit here and say the Hurricanes ran in to a hot goaltender, had bad puck luck, and got defeated by one of the best teams in the NHL.