Its time for some revisionist history. In my “what if” series I’m going to go back, mess with the timeline for the Carolina Hurricanes and take a look at the results of my mess. The first one will be a simple change; What if Don Waddell decided to not make a single trade at the deadline and instead opt to wait for his defenders to recover?
First things first, the Carolina Hurricanes went into the trade deadline coming off of the best and worst single game of their entire franchise history. While the legend of David Ayres is one that makes it the best, losing James Reimer, Petr Mrazek, and Brett Pesce put the team in a precautious predicament.