Nhl 17 carolina hurricanes roster8/11/2023 Looking at a similar situation before the 2015-16 season, Francis opportunistically added Kris Versteeg as short-term top 9 help on the cheap while mostly sticking to the task of rebuilding the prospect pool. Starting at the 2014-15 season and a lineup that would need to include at least three from Riley Nash, Chris Terry, Nathan Gerbe, Patrick Dwyer and Andrej Nestrasil in the top 9 forwards, Francis mostly stood pat. Francis’ mindset was mostly to be patient and restock the prospect pool (which he did) and opportunistically make a few additions. ![]() Especially before the 2014-15 season the holes were numerous, and Francis was very much in long-term rebuilding mode anyway. This exercise is significantly different than the past couple years. ![]() ![]() Three long years gradually building depth ![]() The starting point is figuring out what the team needs to improve over the 2016-17 campaign and push up into the playoffs. I promised myself that I would not fully dive into building the 2017-18 Carolina Hurricanes lineup until June, but Ron Francis started early by acquiring and signing Scott Darling, so I might as well start a day early too.
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