The king is dead. Long live the king. Last season saw Petr Mrazek, backed up by Curtis McElhinney, take PNC by storm as the arena chanted his name night after night as he led the Carolina Hurricanes to their first playoff berth in exactly one decade. It has been a while since those chants have echoed through rink as King Petr may have fallen and given way for another to rule.
Right now James Reimer is the better of the two netminders and there is no denying it. Sure, the loss last night against the Blues was a total team loss with Mrazek consistently finding himself under heavy fire and no one seemingly interested in covering their forwards.