The Hurricanes' Next Move is Getting OBVIOUS...| Carolina Hurricanes News

There are questions now inside the Hurricanes roster. What happened last night? Jarvis had a big return. Everybody was set to go. Yes, they played a tough team, but where does the issue lie? We might know the answer to that. Last night was a tough loss for the Hurricanes. No doubt they'll bounce back, but there seems to be a common denominator when they face adversity. Welcome to Hurricanes Digest, I'm Jeff Testinero, I invite you all to like, share, comment and subscribe. Um, click the notification button too, uh we are over 2500, the push to 2600. Yeah, I'm greedy, uh starts now. I appreciate all of you, I thank all of you also if you're a fan of the Hornets, Hornets Digest as well, I'm over there too, head over there too um, you'll be glad you did. It's a lot of fun. I thank all of you for everything that you do for me and for this. Um, it was tough last night. It was good seeing Jarvis back, um it was exciting, his goal was absolutely sick it was a Seth Jarvis move, uh first goal of the season in his first game of the season Carolina scored five in Edmonton but they still only came away with one point they came out with a shootout loss which brings me back to the crease. All right, the defense is always tough. Yeah, they played Edmonton, yeah you got Connor McDavid, arguably one of the greatest players in the entire world. You got Leon Draisaitl who I like better than McDavid, but that's me um, you got Nugent Hopkins, you have a dynamic Edmonton Oilers team, tied relatively uh record wise with the Hurricanes could be I know it's early it's only late October uh could be the potential Stanley Cup matchup for the Hurricanes if the two clash together but the loss is a loss and my question is now lying in the goaltender crease where do Kozachov and Bussy stand Bussy has having some issues as the starting goalie yeah they played Edmonton like I just said but five goals and a shootout loss that's a lot of goals I dozed off I fell asleep I admit it I fell asleep it was late I'm on the East Coast um it was four two Hurricanes I woke up and we lost in a shootout we scored another one but they got what what three goals in a period and a half what does Bussy need to improve my brain's over on Bussy my brain's also over on our socials on X at Canes Digest click follow for more over there got some more stuff over there I'm just kind of clicking away just a multimedia machine at Canes Digest over on X all right the Hurricanes lost six five in the shootout after leading four two and later five four so they really kind of they had they were down one goal in the first and came back and played Carolina hockey Connor McDavid Leon Draisaitl each had five points last night um yeah Carolina generated enough offense to win but Edmonton kept finding a uh response and I'm wondering oh you know where does that lie Bussy uh finished with 16 saves on 21 shots five goals allowed is a difficult night for any goaltender i don't care who you're playing against but we need to look at how those goals happened before deciding how much of this loss belongs to him there always seems to be a little quirky thing going on though so my head is scratching at this moment one clear positive Jarvis on the ice scoring in his season debut like i said earlier some six stop motion goal he looked like if you're a football fan an old football fan like i am remember Barry Sanders for the Detroit Lions wow stop go like he would stop on a dime uh that's what jarvis's uh goal looked like last night you know waiting to get him back carolina immediately got an offensive contribution for him uh it was great to see this is encouraging for a lineup that has been dealing with injuries jarvis gave the canes another threat and his return deserves attention even though the finish kind of took away the luster on that one the Hurricanes still banked a point um that matters but there's frustration and leaving another one on the table and handing it to edmonton um especially after all the great performances we've seen it's just it's it's tough because now the trip flies they fly all the way down the United States into St Louis um it's going to be a tough game my preference would be Peota for the next start in st louis um based on the pattern of performances that we've seen from Brandon Bussy sorry Bus but it is what it is You know, the difference is two game logs. Piotr has given Carolina the more consistent set of starts so far. Bussy, not so much. It's been really kind of tough. His 6-0, Piotr's 6-0 with a .89 save percentage. The little card above my head marks five quality starts in six appearances. he has not been flawless he stopped 14 of 17 in Vancouver and the Canes scored six six to support him Bussy is two and two with three quality starts in six appearances they've been good performances they've been concerning goals the concern is how often Carolina gets a dependable game out of him because it's hit or miss man uh that's why i would go with Piotr in st louis uh the stronger he's got the stronger claim to the next important start uh he has earned that opportunity through his results Bussy can change the conversation by putting together good appearances uh he i'm assuming he would start the game after st louis i apologize i didn't really do my research for who's after st louis but i'm sure i had a little something jumping up on there um wins the wins need context the wins absolutely positively need context opponent quality matters defensive support matters um our goal support matters but over repeated appearances Carolina needs a goalie who keeps the game manageable don't forget we are missing Stahl, Hall and Jenko yeah we got Jarvie back so that's a positive but you know he's he's gotta he's gotta put it together Bussy's gotta put it together Pieter has made a better case for the starting job just by putting it together for Bussy the issue is sustaining his performance throughout games and across starts one highlights highlight save cannot answer all those questions his save percentage is 0.865 865 um you know seven goals against um those need to improve it just needs he needs to get better he needs to get better Edmonton scored three power play goals the late equalizer did deflect off KK's skate before we get the pitchforks and torches out and go after KK whatever went off his skate and then Bussy stopped he did stop McDavid and Drysidle in the shootout before Nugent-Hopkins did score um they do make a blanket verdict on his night you know can't throw everything at him but well five goals is tough he has already shown he can deliver under enormous pressure including Carolina's championship run the challenge now is producing reliable goaltending on a regular night we got we're 12 games into the 84 game schedule this isn't a three and done man his previous success earns consideration his current performance still needs a lot of evaluating i'll be watching four things tracking through traffic arriving uh set after lateral movement dictating rebounds away from danger and recovering for the second attempt those are questions that need answering those need things to be to be looked at you know you know with his mechanic i don't know maybe there's a mechanical flaw in there maybe he's just having a stanley cup hangover i don't know that also leads us to the Hellebuyck question i'm sorry i'm bringing up Connor Hellebuyck again Elliot Friedman reported that Carolina did make an offer for Hellebuyck that no longer includes Alexander Nikishin that tells us the hurricanes remain remain involved it does not identify Bussi as part of the offer but we were talking Pyotr maybe now Bussi's the guy they're trying to ship off after Pyotr's hot stop start Bussi carries a 1.9 million dollar cap hit through 2029 if winnipeg values him that manageable contract could make him a goalie component in a larger package you know could he be included probably you know that's my speculation everybody knows that um winnipeg wants a goalie in exchange for their goalie who wouldn't you know they have do they have Stuart Skinner or something there um you know at first we were talking Pyotr Kochekov um as a trade option maybe now it's actually Brandon Bussy who Tulsky's like no just take this guy because Peter's playing good i don't know that'd be my guess uh my uh position give Peter most starts ask for Bussy for greater consistency um i again am not a fan of trading for Connor Hellebuyck but i don't know um you do something you gotta do something uh Peter is playing great as a starter but you gotta look somewhere what do you think what would you do lean on Peter more stay patient with Bussy and keep swapping them in and out or pursue Connor Hellebuyck i don't know choice is yours up to you Caniacs. Tough pill to swallow. They were playing great. Oh yeah, it was Edmonton. Edmonton's great, but you've got to beat these teams. These are teams. We are the defending Stanley Cup champions. Probably the odds on favorite to get to the finals again for the East and Edmonton's hot. You've got to stop Edmonton. You've got to play well against Edmonton, Colorado. The big teams coming at you. and Bussy Bussy's tripping up he lost again calgary was hot got a loss in calgary um flew into edmonton let in what three goals in a period and a half uh the the penalties the penalties didn't help the canes last night so that is also tough to evaluate they just couldn't stay out of the box so if anything else comes down i'll be the first to let you know St. Louis is tomorrow night um so let's see what happens against the Blues anything else comes down i'll be the first to let you know don't forget to hit that subscribe button for Hurricane's Digest i'm Jeff Testinero let's go Canes