Looking at the Carolina Hurricanes’ schedule, everyone agreed it would be a tough stretch.
In the Canes’ four games after a homestand, they had: at Columbus, Pittsburgh at home, at Columbus again and then at Washington.
And guess what? It was tough. As it turned out, too tough for the Canes to handle in taking on three of the best teams in the league.
Columbus beat the Canes twice, sandwiched around Carolina’s 7-1 loss to the Pens at PNC Arena. At that point, before Monday’s game, Canes coach Bill Peters said, “We’ve got to put the breaks on it, for sure.