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Struggling 'Canes up next

 Currently waiting for my flight from Reagan to Raleigh. No practice today for the Islanders, who fell 5-4 in an epic 11-round shootout to Washington last night (game story here), but I'll check back in as soon as I hear an update about Blake Comeau's status.

Up next for game 2 of the Islanders 7-game road stretch are the struggling, slow-starting, underachieving Hurricanes, who are 0-8-2...

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