The Carolina Hurricanes retooled the majority of their back end this offseason, with half of the blueline looking like it will be composed of new faces. This week we’ll be taking a look at those new faces, starting today with Ethan Bear and Ian Cole.
Carolina will be rehashing its defense not only due to the new personnel on the ice, but off the ice as well as the team still needs to replace former assistant coach Dean Chynoweth — who ran both the defensive side of the game as well as the penalty kill.
The Hurricanes have been a very aggressive forechecking team that has relied on their defense being able to jump into plays and contribute all across the ice, so it will be interesting to see if the new coach will employ a similar system.