Cory Lavalette

“If we get healthy, I think our best is yet to come,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said.

The Hurricanes now have a lot of salary-cap space, but how might they use it?

GM Don Waddell said Carolina could go after “guys that people aren’t thinking about.”

Penalties have always been woven into the fabric of the ’s story. Don Cherry’s were famously called for too many men on the ice while up 4-3 on the powerhouse in Game 7 with a berth in the Stanley Cup Final on the line in 1979. Guy Lafleur scored the equalizer to tie the game, Montreal won it overtime and the Habs went on to beat the in five games for their fourth straight championship and 10th title in 15 years. Advertisement In the 2019 playoffs, second season was cut short thanks to a pen…

RALEIGH, N.C. — After spending the first two and a half months of the season looking like a middling team, the are again a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Through their first 34 games, Carolina lost as often as they won (17-13-4) and looked nothing like a threat to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history. Since then, the Hurricanes are 10-2-2 and breathing down the neck of the for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Advertisement When Carolina returns to play on Fe…