This is the fifth installment in my Rewind series, taking a look back at past Carolina Hurricanes’ seasons. To check out my prior articles, click a season:
Despite a return to the postseason, the 2000-01 Carolina Hurricanes took a step back in both goals for and goals against. With apparent faith in his offense, Rutherford’s first offseason move was to add toughness. To do this, he flipped a 2001 5th round pick to the Colorado Avalanche in return for enforcer Chris Dingman.