Coming into the 2021-22 season, the biggest question mark for the Carolina Hurricanes was how the goaltending position was going to shake out.
Now, for many Carolina fans, who had seen many a season sunk by the netminders, this was a spot of worry.
Three-year netminder Petr Mrazek had helped break the team’s nine-year playoff drought and rookie netminder Alex Nedeljkovic was coming off an amazing rookie season that saw him nominated as a Calder finalist.
Now the team was taking on a serious gamble, entirely revamping the goaltender position with two free-agent signings.