Defenseman Brett Pesce is hurt.
Center Derek Ryan is hurt.
After Sunday’s game against the Calgary Flames, winger Sebastian Aho is hurt, too.
Then there’s the flu. Several Carolina Hurricanes players have been slowed recently by some kind of illness sweeping through the locker room.
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If ever there was a good time for time off, that time is now for the Canes. And they’re getting it, with the next five days free for their NHL mandated bye week.