You know what this is? Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football. The Carolina Hurricanes had it on a tee for us—a two-goal comeback late in the third period, driven by effort unseen in two games prior? Surely they’ve come back to the light. Surely they won’t pull the ball away at the last second and leave us staring upwards, wondering why we fell for it again.
But the tying efforts were a mirage, a paper-maché representation of hope meant to remind us of the spiral in which this team remains.
It’s an uphill battle trying to keep a positive thought about the two-game point streak the Canes now have because of they way they’ve managed to lose lately.