JR CANES LOSE SHOOTOUT TO FLORIDA
Carolina
The Hurricanes had a visit from conference rival, the Florida Panthers and the crowd would leave the game seeing 11 goals. The Canes, however, would come out on the short end of the stick.
"I still cannot understand why we allow so many goals," said head coach Craig Hartsburgh. "I preach defense over and over, we work on it in practice and we work with our goaltenders, but my god. Every game it seems we have dozens of quality scoring chances against us. We cannot score 7 goals a game to win every time, this is not something any team expects."
Carolina currently sits third in the league for goals for but are dead last in goals against. With a roster that boasts so many high end players, especially on defense, the coaching staff is truly boggled.
"I am not sure if it is a trade we need to do or what. The more I watch this team play, the more I wonder how committed they are to winning. We went out and acquired Lessard to fill an offensive void, so maybe this is something we should look at. Maybe grabbing a defender who can play or a goalie who can step up to pressure."
The Hurricanes big guns came to play against Florida, however. Junior Lessard, Ryan Getzlaf and Brandon Reid all had multiple point nights, but in the end, offense wasn't enough to win the game.
"We get running around all the time and it seems no one knows their man to cover," said veteran David Cornacchia, who was -2 in the contest. "I really have no idea how we are going to fix this, but something needs to happen. I'm getting tired of watching other teams celebrate goals."
The Hurricanes had a visit from conference rival, the Florida Panthers and the crowd would leave the game seeing 11 goals. The Canes, however, would come out on the short end of the stick.
"I still cannot understand why we allow so many goals," said head coach Craig Hartsburgh. "I preach defense over and over, we work on it in practice and we work with our goaltenders, but my god. Every game it seems we have dozens of quality scoring chances against us. We cannot score 7 goals a game to win every time, this is not something any team expects."
Carolina currently sits third in the league for goals for but are dead last in goals against. With a roster that boasts so many high end players, especially on defense, the coaching staff is truly boggled.
"I am not sure if it is a trade we need to do or what. The more I watch this team play, the more I wonder how committed they are to winning. We went out and acquired Lessard to fill an offensive void, so maybe this is something we should look at. Maybe grabbing a defender who can play or a goalie who can step up to pressure."
The Hurricanes big guns came to play against Florida, however. Junior Lessard, Ryan Getzlaf and Brandon Reid all had multiple point nights, but in the end, offense wasn't enough to win the game.
"We get running around all the time and it seems no one knows their man to cover," said veteran David Cornacchia, who was -2 in the contest. "I really have no idea how we are going to fix this, but something needs to happen. I'm getting tired of watching other teams celebrate goals."
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