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During the 2012-13season, coach Kirk Muller was scrutinized often for the dismal play of his team during the second half.

The Carolina Hurricanes got some good news today: Eric Staal has a third degree MCL sprain and will not need surgery after completing an MRI today.

Blame Alexander Edler. Blame the Olympics. Blame the IIHF for holding a more-or-less meaningless tournament after every non-Olympic season.

For many seasons, the Carolina Hurricanes have been a perennial playoff contender thanks to solid goaltending and a wealth of offensive talent.

The Carolina Hurricanes were one of the larger disappointments anywhere in the league in 2013.

Every team around the NHL has problems with something, and the Carolina Hurricanes had a very big problem with one aspect of the game.

Those were some tremendous losses and on another team, any one of those players going down might have been enough to sink their chances of making the playoffs.

When you look at the best players around the NHL this season, one of the first names that comes to mind is Eric Staal .

When Matt Cullen won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006, the Hurricanes lost their starting goalie before the team played its first road game in the playoffs.

After a disappointing 2013 season, GM Jim Rutherford announced that there would be no coaching changes in the Carolina Hurricanes system, keeping Kirk Muller as the head coach, but how safe is Muller's position? Muller was brought in as the Canes head coach during the 2011-12 season on Nov.

A once very promising season came to an end on Saturday night as the Charlotte Checkers lost the deciding game of their playoff series to the Oklahoma City Barons, 6-2 at Time Warner Arena.

Justin Peters is skilled. There's no denying that, but at this point, it does not look like he will be a starting goaltender in the NHL.

It's no secret the Carolina Hurricanes struggled on defense this past season. Going without goalie Cam Ward didn't help matters much, but even with him in there they had problems keeping other teams from generating offense.

Charlotte Checkers goalie Rob Madore defends the goal during Wednesday night's game against Oklahoma City Barons, Game 3 of the best -of-5 American Hockey League playoff series.

The Canes likely will make a number of player changes before next season but there will be no major organizational overhaul, Jim Rutherford said Thursday.

There were a number of things that didn't go the way of the Carolina Hurricanes by the end of the 2013 NHL season.

In an interview Tuesday, Karmanos said the fact he has put the Everblades and their arena in Estero, Fla., on the market should not be interpreted as an indication he wants or has plans to divest all of his hockey interests.

The 2013 NHL draft lottery has officially transpired, with the Colorado Avalanche earning the rights to the first overall selection.

The Carolina Hurricanes can't seem to figure out how to play well for a full season - even one that's only 48 games long.

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