Five Burning Questions- Episode 1

The first episode of Five Burning Questions is up on YouTube now!  During the season there will be a video every week with five questions about the Hurricanes for that week.  Since this is the off-season the videos will be produced more sparsely.  So here you go and check it out!

A Look Back At Our Predictions

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Last summer Andrew and I made a couple predictions during the summer about how certain players would fare in the season.  The players we wrote about were Elias Lindholm, Anton Khudobin, Mike Komisarek, and Nathan Gerbe.  Being that summer has come back around it is time to see how we did with our picks.

Out with the Old, In with the Familiar

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Well well well... the Canes off-season has been a little bit different this year.  Out with Kirk Muller and in with Bill Peters; out with Jim Rutherford and in with Ron Francis (and so forth).  The Hurricanes are preparing for a new season with a new staff and with high hopes that the team will get out of their playoff drought.  With Peters in the coaching position and Francis at the managing helm it could be a recipe for success...or disaster, but lets not make those end-of-the-season assumptions just yet.

Weekly Report: 10/18

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After only eight games into the regular season the Canes are in a good (not great) spot.  Through eight games the Canes are 3-2-3, and have earned 9 points.  This decent record believe it or not has earned second place in the Metropolitan Division.  The Canes are 3 points back from the Pittsburgh Penguins. That being said hockey season is long and there is much room for improvement.  We must improve as I am sure the teams below us in the division will surely get better.

Anton Khudobin: Trying to Solve the Backup Goalie Mystery

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I'll be honest, I didn't really know anything of the sort about Anton Khudobin.  Before he was with the Canes I always referred to him as "the goalie that nobody knows his name that is Tuukka Rask's backup," when he played for the Boston Bruins.  But now that he is a Cane I have done a little bit more research.