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The Last Days Poll


How to end the season:  

16 members have voted

  1. 1. How to end the season:

    • Drop the last couple games for a better draft pick
      9
    • Continue to play confident and shake up the playoff tree
      7


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With the playoffs now out of reach, it's time to reflect on the season:

The Hurricanes looked very promising before the season began, with aquiring many players during the offseason. But this didn't play out the way JR or the fans could have imagined, with many untimely injuries and lack of effort... the Hurricanes fell into a hole that only a miracle could fix.

The second half of the season:

The Hurricanes went 22-13-3 which is one of the best in the league. Eric Staal was promoted to captain and the team followed suite. Many young players began to emerge and show promise (Peters, Sutter, and McBain). The team has publicly stated that they are going younger and developing many prospects. It's amazing how this team completely turned around and became one of the hottest teams in the league. All this makes next season look somewhat promising.

With all this being said, would you rather have the Hurricanes drop their last 3 games for a better draft pick or would you rather them play spoiler?

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We ought to play to win ... next year. Let's experiment with the talent we have and give the younger players more game experience.

Everyone should play hard, we should cheer hard (we owe them that at least, they played hard and won a lot of games to get us back in the hunt even when we were in the cellar ... I am amazed that we were not mathematically eliminated until nearly the very end of the season). But winning the last couple of games isn't the priority now, winning them all next year is.

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