So, yes. It's a small sample size. But Carolina has had some glaring inconsistencies, too. The Hurricanes are hurting themselves as the fourth-most penalized team in the league (averaging over five minutes per game) and that's been a costly, momentum-crushing trend, taxing their 13th-ranked penalty kill (83.3%) while keeping top-end skaters like Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov from doing what they do best on the offensive end.
It's been an exciting run -- for some. For others, not so much. There are backs against the wall, so to speak. But it's still early ... right? These five teams better hope so. We're breaking down the clubs who came into the 2024-25 campaign rife with expectations that haven't quite lived up to the hype.
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