When you try your best but you don't succeed. *

Not a good three game stretch for the canes. Not much I can say, they look slow and old. They look a lot like last years version.

The Good:

• Ruutu for Ladd is looking pretty good so far.
• The canes showed life at the end of the Atlanta game.

The Bad:

• Pitkaanen pinch's at the wrong times.
• Helmanen got sent down
• No scoring from Staal or Samsanov.

I guess it is the time of year to start thinking about where the team is on the playoff list. I will start looking at stats of teams close to where they are in the conference and division races. Without further adieu.

Stats of interest.

• The Hurricanes have 18 points of a possible 34 for around 52% of the possible points they could have attained.
• The maximum number of points the Hurricanes can obtain now is 148.
• The total number of goals allowed this season is 53 which yields an average of 3.1 goals a night. This is getting worse every game.
• The total number of goals scored is 46 which yields an average of 2.7 goals a night. This is also getting worse every game.
• The Hurricanes are in second place in the South East Division behind the Washington Capitals by four points and ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers by two points.
• The Hurricanes are in 7th place in the conference two points behind Montreal and tied with the Toronto.

* "Fix You" by Cold Play

When you try your best but you don't succeed. *