After Friday's European Sendoff preseason game against the Atlanta Thrashers, the Carolina Hurricanes will board a plane to cross the Atlantic and prepare to begin their 2010-2011 regular season.
Hopefully, they can get off to a better start than last year, where the Hurricanes were last in the league for much of the first half of the season.
However, with a younger, fresher, and more talented roster composed of usual team veterans as well as the best new prospects from the nearly-done training camp, Carolina should finally be poised to start quickly out of the gate.
While this offseason wasn't a headline-generating one for GM Jim Rutherford and the Hurricanes franchise, the perfect moves were done to give this 2010 'Canes team a completely new look going into this season.
A plethora of draft picks collected through several Trade Deadline deals last spring were used to add even more prospects to the farm system, as well as fill a needed center position with seventh overall draft pick Jeff Skinner.
There were also several smart trades and signings over the summer to fill in the few gaps left.
As we grow closer t ...
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Carolina Hurricanes Complete 2010-2011 Season Preview and Offseason Wrap-Up
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