Hurricanes Drop Multiple Huge Last Minute Updates...| Carolina Hurricanes Update

With the Hurricanes win streak snapped in Calgary, the Canes now look to another West Coast Canadian team and can they get back on track even with four big producers out of the lineup for the time being. The Hurricanes, well, they have a lot of work to do. They have a lot to figure out and Rod has a lot of mix matching to do tonight against Vancouver. Welcome to the Hurricanes Digest, I'm Jeff Testinero, I invite you all to like share comment and subscribe, the subscribers are going up that's wonderful to see, I appreciate every single one of you that click that subscribe button, all of you that leave your comments thank you thank you thank you, I really can't say thank you enough to all of you, if you haven't subscribed yet, I invite you to click that subscribe button, we're closing on a 2500 so let's get that going, speaking of getting going, first look at where we stand and where the Canucks stand going into tonight's game in Vancouver, it's the Canes and the Canucks, we're going to take a look at some of this Carolina enters tonight at 7-2-1 while Vancouver is struggling at 2-7-1, oh look at that this kind of flip-flop, uh, the Hurricanes are coming off a loss to Calgary, but they still put themselves in a very strong position early in the season and tonight is an opportunity to get everything right back on track despite all these injuries that the Hurricanes are dealing with this is a tough, this would kill most teams losing four big monster players would kill most team seasons, but we're the Carolina Hurricanes and our pipeline into the Chicago Wolves and Greensboro Gators is very strong, everything works together, everything is looking good, Jarvis still unavailable, he recovers from shoulder surgery, Jordan Staal is dealing with a calf injury Taylor Hall remains sidelined with an upper body injury and now Mark Jankowski is also out with a lower body injury four important forwards missing from the lineup and of course number 21 whose name I will not mention unless I have to is listed as injury watch however we know he's not injured he's just holding out for more money elsewhere hopefully we can trade him soon but this is where depth becomes super duper important and as we know we are a we're a franchise built on depth uh the projected forward combinations for tonight uh first line we got Svechnikov, Fishy, and Carrier no big changes there I want to see uh that line establish the forecheck immediately uh we know Carrier and Svechnikov are monsters um always fast always getting back so that should go well the second line now just like in Calgary we're seeing Bradley Nadeau love me some Bradley Nadeau news Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake I love this opportunity for Nadeau I absolutely love this opportunity for Nadeau he's a great young player he's been with the Wolves since coming over from Maine getting drafted by the Canes it's really gonna great I love this idea for Nadeau with Stank and Blake it's really gonna show where he can shine with the Hurricanes he's getting a chance to play again alongside two exciting young offensive players our third line we see Nikolai Ehlers Jordan Martinuk at center and Felix Ungersorum and that's the combination i'm interested in watching that's quite the shake-up um martin uk very strong player we love jordo martinuk marty party uh sung or storm getting a chance at line three alongside my man Nikolai Ehlers um definitely worth watching that one ehlers brings speed and offensive creativity Martin Nook brings his experience and work ethic and Ungar Storm gets the opportunity to make an impact along two major hurricane mainstays fourth line you got Eric Robinson uh Yesperi Cook and the Emmy which will make my daughter very happy and Nick Delorier this is a group that needs to bring energy physicality and responsible hockey if you want to call Delorier responsibly responsible hockey he's more the physicality um love watching him play so that's our line four we got some defensive pairings over here uh defense the projective pairings are usually the same we'll stay the same tonight Slavin and Chatfield Miller with Walker and Ghost with Riley uh this gives um these combinations give Carolina an opportunity to keep the defense structured and intact despite you know their injuries to the forwards our defensive group always strong always tough i like Ghost and and Riley together it's it's really a nice combination so with many moving pieces uh Rod Brind'Amour is going to have to keep adjusting though we're going to see what we have to do uh moving forward uh with these guys if we lose tonight in Vancouver i'm going to say they're going to push Jarvis through that's me um you got it but you got to trust Rod we all in Rod we trust right we all trust Rod Brind'Amour we all know that Rod the bod is going to make the correct calls um these are just projected combinations uh whatever the final lines look like like hurricanes are going to you know play their system they're going to play hurricanes hockey 100 percent without a doubt goaltending it seems to be the question now it is at least in my head then now we know hellebuck's still floating around uh the goaltending situation because i think this could be one of carolina's biggest advantages based on the workload and recent performance um from what i've seen and what i think Kochetkov is going to get the start not fully confirmed uh he was in the start increase um but he's certainly making a case he's five and oh man he's five and oh Kochetkov is five and oh he's posting a .912 save percentage with a 1.93 goals against average five wins zero losses that's absolutely outstanding and good for him uh here's the number i absolutely love according to the hurricane digest franchise leaderboard Kochetkov is just 29 saves away from passing kevin weeks yes that kevin weeks for fourth on carolina's all-time saves list that's a pretty impressive milestone um to be approaching especially this early in Kochetkov's career it feels like we've had him forever and we really haven't passing Kevin Weeks would be huge for Pyotr and we all wish him well I really hope he does it his workload is going to increase he's averaging 22 saves per game over the last five compared with 14.5 in the earlier comparison period that tells me he's being asked to do more and he is 100% responding but there is a challenge the canes have to limit the quality of chances it's giving up when you you know even when your goaltender is playing well like Piotr is you don't want to consistently rely on him to bail you out Noah Fanten faced the bussy yeah he's 0 and 2 calgary was a spirited fight even though it was calgary they came out to play but Kochetkov uh Kochetkov is looking absolutely dynamic if Kochetkov gets the nod tonight which i'm assuming he will um we all want to see another confident performance he's locked in he's looking great you got to control the rebound stay composed and give the canes a chance to win and i think Brendan Moore can find ways to generate offense even with new combinations even with the new combinations coming in and what he has to work with um especially with the speed and skill of guys like Ahearn in the lineup you got a lot to work with and you got a lot coming up from the system again the wolves run like the canes it's going to be a great thing to watch hopefully they pull off the win tonight calgary was on fire no all puns intended uh now this is where i think the canes have a massive opportunity carolina's power play is clicking at 25.6 percent the penalty kill 91.4 percent and vancouver's penalty kill is just sitting at 58.1 percent and this is a matchup Carolina absolutely needs to take advantage of with four forwards injured special teams could be the difference between a win and a loss tonight in Vancouver I want to see Logan Stankoven totally involved offensively put him on both power play lines I don't really care what you do he's one of the players Carolina needs to lean on with so many regulars unavailable his speed his creativity and his willingness to attack can make all the difference especially against the Vancouver team who's been struggling however again there's another dude I want to talk about who I'm really excited and happy for Jesperi Kokkonen KK back in the lineup anchoring line four I believe Kokkonen does deserve his power play two pairing if Rod goes with that with Staal and Jankowski unavailable this is exactly the kind of situation where he needs to step forward he can do it we know where he landed in the draft with Montreal we know he didn't work out in Montreal he was I mean locked into the Canes lineup for a number of years since he came over from Montreal they upgraded and he sat in the skybox and this is really his chance to show not only the Hurricanes but other teams in the NHL if he really does want out what he can do moving forward now one area where he needs to improve is the face-off circle when you're being asked to take on more responsibility at center especially with a guy like Jordan Staal and Mark Jankowski out winning the draws matter especially in the defensive zone situations and late in close games but i want to see carolina give him the chance to grow in that responsibility so throw him on both power plays as well i don't care so here are my four keys to Hurricanes' victory the storm is coming through Vancouver tonight number one establish the forecheck early two take advantage of Vancouver's struggling penalty kill of Vancouver's struggling everything three get offensive production out of not just Aho and Stankoven but Kochetkov as well four limit high danger chances against if the Canes do all four things i really like its chances tonight i really do one player i'm especially excited to watch is my man i don't know if you can see that number 27 baby Nikolai Ehlers i'm a big Ehlers guy he is just outstanding with the Hurricanes missing so many forwards this is the opportunity for Ehlers to really take the full driver's seat and a bigger offensive role take the driver's seat he usually drives even he Staal usually drives the line but this is really his chance to step up and step in his speed can create problems for Vancouver and I'd love to see him help spark that third line into action tonight's matchup Carolina 7-2-1 Vancouver's 2-7-1 and even with the injury situation I believe the Hurricanes are the better team they have the structure they have the coaching they have the special teams and the goaltending can get the job done i'm gonna predict a score all of you Caniacs out there who have been watching me for almost a year now less than a year now knows i don't like to make predictions but i'm making a score prediction tonight hurricanes four Canucks two, I think Carolina responds after the Calgary loss, I think the storm is coming into Vancouver looking for another streak to start I think the power play gets an opportunity to make a difference and I think at least one of these young players steps up and makes a huge statement tonight, I got money on Nadeau for me tonight I'm watching Aho and I'm watching the Oilers, Carolina needs its best player to lead the way he has been, he was started hot, kind of cooled down a bit but with Stahl out, with Jordo out, Fishy needs to really light the way for the Hurricanes and I want to see Logan Stankoven Bradley Nadeau, Felix Ungerstorm and KK take advantage of their opportunities tonight, Stank always does a great job with his opportunities, he's got young man Nadeau hanging out there let's see what these guys can do together, I'm excited for, I really want Ungerstorm to score a goal because that's how good teams become great teams, we're already a great team, we're a good team without the four guys, really excited for tonight, Caniacs, what's your prediction for tonight drop your score in the comments, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button, let's get that going, um running a little long here because I like to talk today, big game tonight in Vancouver I'm really excited to see it, the Hurricanes are flying in and they're going to um 4-2 win um if anything else comes down I'll be the first to let you know until then for Hurricanes Digest I'm Jeff Testanero let's go Canes