Oh have I missed these. Carolina return to the ice for a regular-season game for the first time this season. We have missed Carolina Hurricanes hockey and we get to go back to the old Metropolitan division, with a familiar foe for game 1. Carolina’s season opener against the New York Islanders sees two of the best teams in the division go head to head in what could be a very early playoff preview.
Obviously, there will be some rust for both teams. Neither team has played a competitive game since being eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the playoffs last season.