The Carolina Hurricanes have some adjustments to make after a promising offseason has given way to a somewhat decent, but still often frustrating start to the year. Sitting near the bottom of the perpetual “group of death” known as the Metropolitan Division, the team now has bit of an uphill battle to fight.
But the team wasn’t exactly placed on that hill without a few self-inflicted wounds. A look into the numbers shows a team that struggles to close out games that should be easily won; a team that lets opponents back in to contests instead of finishing them off.