Hurricanes early success, here to stay?

[KCC]

They skate fast, forecheck hard and keep coming at you. Similar to Vegas. That alone will win you a bunch of games by itself no matter what the skill set of a team is.

 

[tapi]

Calling it now, Aho will double up on his promise for 100 points for Canes by scoring 100+ points himself. Their flight will end rather quickly in the playoffs sadly due to lack of roster width.

 

[BlueDream]

I don’t know but their new jerseys are nice. I like those a lot.

 

[Jerkob Slavin]

Calling it now, Aho will double up on his promise for 100 points for Canes by scoring 100+ points himself. Their flight will end rather quickly in the playoffs sadly due to lack of roster width.

Aho has seemingly filled the need for an elite 1C. We have winger depth and a farm full of talented hungry kids in Charlotte. The defense is STACKED. The only place we are lacking is goalie, but ignoring the numbers we are getting far better netminding than last season where we gave up backbreaking soft goals at the worst times.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

what did we do to deserve aho

 

[Sweetpotato]

That shooting differential will come down. They'll still be a playoff team I think but not outplaying their opponents like they are.

 

[Svechhammer]

what did we do to deserve aho

Did you not see the last 9 years?

With that said, I'm starting to get the feeling that Foegele is a star in the making. Things just happen when the puck finds his stick.

 

[Chrispy]

what did we do to deserve aho

Endured many years of this:

 

[NDiesel]

They are probably my favourite team to watch right now outside of my Bruins. Aho is an absolute beast, their defense is absolutely stacked, I'm a big Staal fan and they just have a young and exciting team.

This is how good I thought they'd be last year, I hope they have finally made the jump to a playoff team.

Goaltending is again their weakness, but here's hoping Darling turns that around.

 

[Lempo]

what did we do to deserve aho

Legit scouting.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

This Canes team looks like a well oiled machine right now. They have that Gerard Gallant esque "attack in waves" style thats so difficult to play against. Im still wondering wether the Jackets will get the puck after our home opener vs them

 

[tarheelhockey]

Their flight will end rather quickly in the playoffs sadly due to lack of roster width.

Scott Darling is wide enough to carry his team.

 

[spockBokk]

They certainly have gotten off to the good start they so desperately needed. Goaltending and secondary scoring are the potential issues down the road, in my view. Mrazek has played well so far however, and Darling was a different player in preseason. Goaltending “may” not be as big an issue as predicted.

I worry about the sustainability of the Aho line productivity. Necas unfortunately isn’t yet ready to drive his own scoring line and Svechnikov too is also learning the ropes with grinders. A trade with TOR for a Nylander or Kadri really puts the team over the top for me. The question then would be, would giving up a player like Pesce or Faulk along with disrupting what’s been working so far be worth it.

 

[MinJaBen]

Scott Darling is wide enough to carry his team.

That was last year.

 

[LakeLivin]

Did you not see the last 9 years?

With that said, I'm starting to get the feeling that Foegele is a star in the making. Things just happen when the puck finds his stick.

Agree, especially about him making good things happen when he's out there. Minor point: I think it's more "his stick takes the puck" than "the puck finds his stick".

 

[Critical13]

So is Mcheilleny doing on waivers afterall?

 

[Lempo]

So is Mcheilleny doing on waivers afterall?

If Canes want to let him go he can be traded without waivers, though if there was competing waivers claims on him when Canes got him he needs to be offered to those teams before he can be traded.

 

[Zakkk]

Their post-game victory celebration is the most cringeworthy thing I've watched this year lol.

Fun team to watch, but what the hell was that

Yeah, I HATE when people have fun...

I hope they continue doing that because it really seems to irk you

 

[6 Karlsson 5]

Thats good for you, I don't, big deal, who f'ing cares... besides these canes fans who get mad. Its an internet hockey website.........

If you don't care about what others have to say, why are you on a discussion board?

 

[Roboturner913]

what did we do to deserve aho

After almost a decade of Trevor Letowskis and Eric Belangers and Anson Carters and (re)trading for Tim Gleason and Joe Corvo about 100 times, you'd think that question answers itself

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Calling it now, Aho will double up on his promise for 100 points for Canes by scoring 100+ points himself. Their flight will end rather quickly in the playoffs sadly due to lack of roster width.

All this time I thought depth was a concern, now I find out it’s width that matters.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

Anyhow, the Canes are projected to get about 97 points this year. Will be great to see PNC Arena in the playoffs again. That joint is always bonkers