Published 4/6/2008
by Josh Clark
at Bleacher Report - NHL
The 2006 season was a dream season for the Carolina Hurricanes, two years later they have yet to relive the hype of just making the play-offs. The team seems to not know how to win in the clutch. The Carolina Hurricanes dominated the South Eastern conference for all but 16 days. Before there loss to the Florida panthers the Carolina Hurricanes hadn't suffered 2nd place in the division for all but 15 games. Could it be the Canes needed their leader? Or could it be Cam Ward didn't stand on his head when he needed to? Could it be the collapse in defense against the Florida Panthers? All those could have been the reason and nobody will know. What strikes to me is the Canes have the stretch leadership. They have Bret Hedican, Eric Staal, all these players who have had experience down the stretch but when it counted nobody seemed to step up. Now, Cam Ward wasn't stellar last night. The Canes put there effort and if Cam Ward stopped just to shots ...
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