It was a stretch of games on the schedule, three in four days, that probably caused Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour to shudder a bit — at St. Louis, at Washington, at Tampa Bay.
That’s the stretch the Hurricanes faced after a four-game homestand, beginning with Saturday’s game against the Blues. That can take a toll on a team, and especially at this point in the season, with the travel and competition against three playoff-bound teams.
“It’s tough,” Brind’Amour said Saturday morning. “It’s a grind and the ‘Groundhog Day’ kind of effect. One thing about our group throughout the year is we haven’t had a real lull with energy or effort.”
