Dave Lozo’s Bag Skate: Why Your Favorite, Terrible Team Should Not Be Tanking

March 10th, 2015 by Dave Lozo Leave a reply »



Over the weekend, the Edmonton Oilers blew a 3-0 lead against the Carolina Hurricanes and lost 7-4. It was cause for rejoicing and anger, only with 2014-15 being the season of the tank, the rejoicing and anger weren't in their usual places.

Oilers fans, on the cusp of 30th place and a guarantee of either Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel in the 2015 draft, were mostly thrilled. The Hurricanes, a team not going anywhere this season, seemed to upset fans with their fun comeback win. Tank, tank and tank again seems to be the mindset of some fans of losing teams this season, but when it comes to Carolina, that mentality hasn't made sense in a while.

Hurricanes PR guy Mike Sundheim took to Twitter to explain why winning, and this is shocking, is good:



PR guys are always going to protect the #brand, but he's right. The idea that the Hurricanes should tank is a pre-2015 idea that's long since become outdated. The Hurricanes are 15-9-3 since Jan. 1, which is a 100-point pace over 82 games, and it's not a coincidence their improved play coincides with improved health.

But let's say you want th ...

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