The Carolina Hurricanes would be perhaps one of the largest favorites in the first round of the playoffs if not for one thing: Ilya Sorokin.
The biggest gap between these two teams comes from the situation between the pipes. While the New York Islanders will have a guaranteed Vezina-finalist in net for Game 1, the Carolina Hurricanes are still trying to decide who will be their starting netminder.
Heading into the postseason, the Hurricanes couldn’t have had a worse time for the quality of its goaltending to drop off.
Before March, the Hurricanes were boasting one of the strongest goaltending tandems in the league with three guys each having at least 10 wins, a combined 0.