By Louis "King of Roncesvalles" Pisano
Toronto will be facing a Carolina team that some predicted to be in the hunt for the playoffs this year and at this point, Carolina is just hoping to get off the slide theyÆve been on. The Hurricanes actually are below the Leafs in conference standings yet with the same mere seven points, though the Leafs have a game in hand.
As we have seen, the problems continue to mount for this Carolina team that beat the Bruins in seven games before falling four straight to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Penguins in last yearÆs playoffs.
Toronto showed that they are battling tooth and nail for points and have gotten them in five straight games, though they lost three in OT and one in a shootout.
With Phil Kessel in the lineup and the goalte ...
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