Hurricanes Keep Rolling While Top Line Searches For Its Touch

Carolina is winning anyway, which is usually the kind of thing that makes a playoff room both happy and slightly uneasy. The Hurricanes have enough structure and depth to keep moving, but when the top line is stuck in neutral, the margin for error can vanish fast once the series grind tightens. That is the part opponents notice, because a team that is surviving without full production can suddenly become very dangerous if the scoring wakes up.