Folks, the calendar tells me that it is late August, which means we are just a few short weeks away from the opening of NHL training camps and the beginning of the preseason slate.
With that in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to do a series running down each of the Hurricanes’ rivals in the Metropolitan division, what they did last season, what they did this off-season, and why they’ll be good (or in some cases, not good) this coming season. Familiarity breeds contempt, after all, and for a team like the Hurricanes that doesn’t really have any true rivals, familiarizing the fan base with the teams that we’re not supposed to like is something that I think may do some good to change that.