It wasn’t long ago that the Carolina Panthers saw themselves in the Super Bowl. With one loss in the regular season and two of the league’s most dominant players, they were uniquely talented. Four seasons later, and that same Panthers team has all but evaporated under the heavy burden of time, expectation, and the evolution of the game.
When one considers the three major sports teams in Carolina, those being the Hornets, Panthers, and Hurricanes, the argument can be made that the Carolina Hurricanes may be the best of the bunch. It isn’t simply this season that begins to formulate the argument, or the season that preceded this one, but the organizational direction that begins to dictate the various ways in which the Hurricanes may, in fact, be better run.