A 2-6-1 record in their last nine games while scoring 1.78 goals per game.
Up to this point, the majority of the evidence suggested that the Canes were taking a step forward. They were different. Even if you weren’t going all-in on them, they, inarguably, had more good games and good wins than they had bad games and bad losses.
This past week turned the tables.
In falling back to NHL .500, the Hurricanes have learned a lot about what team they are. I think we’re finally getting a real look at what this team is and, right now, it looks like they’re somewhere in between the team that started 4-0-1 and the team that has since gone 2-6-1.