Fifteen: Carolina (7th Metropolitan)

The Canes have some really good talent. And anytime a team has defenseman like Justin Faulk D it will have a chance every night. Faulk plays that way. Both ends of the ice he is contributing. Add in a guy like Jeff Skinner LW getting hot and this team can make strides. If the Jordan Staal C and Eric Staal C start clicking, this team can be scary to meet in the playoffs. This next fifteen days will tell a lot.

Record: 12 - 14 - 5 29pts ( projected: 13 - 17 - 7 33pts)

Significant Injuries:
Nathan Gerbe LW
James Wisniewski D

These are good players and would definitely add good depth. They aren't the solution to this team's woes, however, the added depth would help if the Canes got on a run.

Next Fifteen Days 12/16/2015 - 12/30/2015:
Friday Florida visits
Saturday at Pittsburgh
Monday Washington visits
Saturday New Jersey visits
Sunday at Chicago
Tuesday at New Jersey

This is quite a difficult fifteen days. Wow. No cold teams here. If the Canes win most of these, I will consider it a "statement" fifteen.

4 out of 12pts

1 - 3 - 2

Last Fifteen Days 12/1/2015 - 12/15/2015:
LOSS 1 - 5 New Jersey
WIN 3 - 2 Montreal
WIN 5 - 4 Arizona
LOSS 5 - 6 at Dallas
WIN 5 - 1 at Anaheim
WIN 5 - 4 (OT) at Arizona
LOSS 3 - 4 (OT) at Philadelphia

4 - 1 - 2

10 out of 14pts

Strange team play here. No real momentum in a direction except for a lot of offense for their opponents. If they can turn this into a regular outcome of every fifteen days, they could squeeze into the playoffs, maybe?