Of course it would happen that the Carolina Hurricanes would have a Falls Lake-sized bucket of cold water thrown on their longest winning streak in three years.
What has been speculated for the past couple of weeks, mostly by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, seems to be coming into closer focus this week. The Hurricanes and free agent-to-be Micheal Ferland are “far, far apart“ on a new contract for the pending unrestricted free agent winger, as relayed in this week’s 31 Thoughts column. This, after we heard basically the same thing about the negotiations last summer with Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin.