season.Brock Boeser has missed the past eight games with a groin injury and the right wing did not accompany Vancouver on the three-game road trip that begins in Anaheim.Alexander Edler, the top-scoring defenseman for the Canucks last season, is reportedly on the trip after missing the past 13 games w

RALEIGH Brock McGinn Jersey Kids , N.C. (AP) The Carolina Hurricanes changed owners this season. They’ll soon have a new general manager. Perhaps a new coach, too.What didn’t change was how early another yet offseason started.Missing the playoffs for the ninth straight season, the Hurricanes finished up with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.”It’s disappointing – obviously, we wanted to be in the playoffs and we were expecting big things out of our hockey club this year and fell short,” veteran goalie Cam Ward said.Carolina’s playoff drought is the longest in team history, the longest active drought in the NHL and only the fourth of nine or more seasons in the history of the league.The Colorado-New Jersey franchise also missed out from 1979-87, while the Florida Panthers (2001-11) and Edmonton Oilers (2007-17) went a league-record 10 seasons between playoff appearances.So, either way, the Hurricanes will make history in 2018-19.”I know we have a good group of guys and we just need to put it all together,” forward Justin Williams said. ”When you don’t win Florida Panthers Hats Womens , you don’t stay together. So there’s probably some things that will be different, but you’ve got to keep pushing forward.”—Some things to know about the Hurricanes’ disappointing 2017-18 season, and a look to ’18-19:TIPPING POINT: The official, mathematical elimination came a week before the season finale, in the 79th game of the season for the third straight year, but things went awry in the months before that. The Hurricanes lost 3-1 to San Jose in February, missing a chance to move into playoff position, and after that game, coach Bill Peters repeatedly called his team out. He repeatedly used the word ”disappointing” and promised lineup changes, saying ”you can’t put that group out again after that.” In their next game Authentic Jaccob Slavin Jersey , the Hurricanes put pretty much the same group out again.BIGGEST MOVE: The most significant acquisition was not of a player – but of a new owner. Dallas businessman Tom Dundon bought a majority interest in the team from longtime owner Peter Karmanos Jr. in January. Now as he enters his first offseason as a pro sports owner, the question becomes, what sorts of moves are coming?NEW GM: Before the Hurricanes can get too involved in retooling their roster, they have to settle on who’s in charge of that project after Dundon’s midseason removal of Ron Francis as general manager. The Hall of Fame player stockpiled draft picks during his three-plus seasons but was criticized for a lack of moves to help the current club. Without question, the top priority for Dundon this offseason is picking his replacement.COACH SITUATION: Peters, who was hired by Francis in 2014, is entering the fourth and final year of his contract. Now that Francis has been reassigned to another position within the organization, it’s fair to wonder if the new GM will want his own guy behind the bench.LASTING IMAGE OF 2017-18: The day after that fateful loss to the Sharks, Peters wrapped up a morning skate by posing a question to his team on a dry-erase board mounted on the glass. The message read: ”Who are we? 29 games to find out.” Two months later, the question was answered: Not a playoff team. Again.— The Pacific Division remains compacted at the top heading into Thanksgiving weekend Jeff Skinner Jersey , a time when NHL teams in playoff position traditionally hold those spots until the end of the regular season.The Vancouver Canucks were at the top of those standings two weeks ago, but currently sit in third after losing their past six games heading into their matchup Wednesday night at the Anaheim Ducks.“We’ve got to find a way to get some energy and get some life,” Vancouver center Sam Gagner told The Province after a 6-3 loss to the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Monday night, the third time in the past four games the Canucks have allowed at least five goals.Article continues below ...The Ducks (8-9-5) are fourth in the Pacific Division, one point behind Vancouver (10-11-2).Anaheim has managed to stay close to the front pack by earning at least a point in six of the past nine games (3-3-3). The Ducks have pushed their past two opponents to overtime, but lost both games during the five-minute period.Anaheim was stung by injuries at forward during the early part of the season, but now it’s the defense that’s having to plug holes.Cam Fowler was struck in the face by the puck Nov. 12 against the visiting Nashville Predators and underwent surgery on Friday to repair multiple facial fractures. Hampus Lindholm missed the overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday with an upper-body injury.Anaheim was already starting rookie defensemen Marcus Pettersson and Jacob Larsson, but Andy Welinski and Josh Mahura were recalled from the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League last week to replace Fowler and Lindholm, putting four rookie defensemen in the lineup against Colorado.“We have some key players on our team out, but we have all the confidence in the world with guys coming up and down from San Diego http://www.officialhurricanes.com/authentic-adidas-jordan-staal-jersey ,” said Anaheim defenseman Brandon Montour, who has only one full season of experience in the NHL.The Canucks will be without their top goal scorer from last season.Brock Boeser has missed the past eight games with a groin injury and the right wing did not accompany Vancouver on the three-game road trip that begins in Anaheim.Alexander Edler, the top-scoring defenseman for the Canucks last season, is reportedly on the trip after missing the past 13 games with a knee injury, and backup goalie Anders Nilsson is also in Anaheim after sitting out since Oct. 25 with a broken finger.“You face adversity and you take it head on,” Vancouver coach Travis Green told The Province. “There’s no whining or crying about injuries. It’s a good opportunity for young guys. It’s a challenge and they have to accept it.”Anaheim goaltender John Gibson missed the Colorado game because of the flu, but appears well after the Ducks sent backup Kevin Boyle back down to San Diego on Tuesday.Gibson has played well in his career against the Canucks, owning a 6-2-1 record, .938 save percentage and 1.56 goals-against average — his lowest against any NHL team he has faced more than twice.