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"Sore," he said with a laugh. "Just one of those things where you catch it in a weird spot. So it’s a bit sore but nothing serious."
"They're a real stingy team," Babcock observed, "they don't give up a whole bunch. There won't be a lot of room in tonight's game. We're going to have to be patient; we're going to have to play hard." The Hurricanes have struggled to attract fans and attention in the Raleigh market and part of that has to do with the team's poor record. Carolina hasn't made the playoffs in nine seasons, the longest active drought in the league. "It’d be huge," said Brind'Amour, who captained Carolina to the 2006 Stanley Cup. "And that’s the other part of it and try and keep that away from the group in there, because there's a lot riding on it. We know that.
"Not during games," said captain Justin Williams."Absolutely not. The other teams, it doesn't matter what they do as long as we win." Williams has, indeed, helped spark the turnaround with 15 of his 22 goals this season coming after Jan. 1. Tonight is Carolina's one and only visit to Scotiabank Arena this season and it's always a special trip for Toronto native Dougie Hamilton.
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