The Carolina Hurricanes should consider themselves lucky. No, they’re not lucky for having a team play at a 100+ point pace in the remainder of the season after stumbling into December. No, they’re not lucky for having two goaltenders exceed expectations and steal games from them in a tight playoff race.
Instead, on the eve of the draft lottery, it’s time to realize how fortunate the Hurricanes were that a ping-pong ball fell in their favor around this time last year and sky rocketed them from 11th on the draft board to 2nd despite just a 4% chance.