The Canes are on the outside looking in, but for the first time in what feels like a decade (because it is) there is wild optimism in the Triangle. After years of promises that the end is near, that there is a dawn coming, Caniac Nation can finally start to see some light peaking over the horizon.
Back in October when this season began it was expected the Canes would be better than the year before, but not much. Canes fans couldn’t be that lucky. The Hurricanes started dreadfully.
In many respects it looked worse than parts of the 2014-2015 season.