Ian Cole: 2021-22 By the Numbers
Age: 33
NHL Seasons: 11
Scoring: 2 goals, 17 assists, 19 points in 75 games
Playoff scoring: 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points in 14 games
Advanced statistics: 57.96 CF%, 54.37 SCF%, 56.48 xGF%, 54.22 GF%
Contract status: Unrestricted free agent
After seeing their season end at the hands of the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the past two seasons, the Carolina Hurricanes realized that Justin Williams wasn’t walking through that door - at least, not as a player. For all the playoff experience they had gained after wandering the wilderness for a decade, they were painfully short on grizzled veterans with Stanley Cups on their resumes. Jordan Staal is a superman,…
