For as long as Bill Peters has been at the helm, the Carolina Hurricanes have struggled to score goals. Since he took over in 2014, the Hurricanes have mostly finished within the bottom ten teams in the league in scoring, with a high water mark of 20th in the 2016-17 season. Barring a sustained onslaught of scoring through April 7, the team will finish about 20th once again this season, showing essentially zero improvement over last season.
The past few Hurricanes seasons have concluded in a similar fashion. The team hangs around, just close enough to garner some playoff hope, then unfailingly chokes it away down the stretch into March.