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Carolina Hurricanes: Now Or Never for Fleury

The year was 2014. The Hurricanes, fresh off another disappointment of a season, were prepared to search far and wide for answers. Winds of change took the team by storm, with Kirk Muller shown a swift exit and now-Hall of Fame GM Jim Rutherford replaced by Ronnie Francis. The new regime was set.

But what wasn’t a mystery to anyone was how tough Francis’ job would be, inheriting a team full of brutal contracts, depleted of any prospect depth and no real direction. The defensive situation was especially horrid, with Ryan Murphy being the only intriguing prospect at the time.