Washington Capitals: Metropolitan Division Goalie Power Rankings

#8: Carolina Hurricanes

Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

While Lack does have potential because he has had success in a non-starter’s role, he is largely unproven. Meanwhile, Cam Ward hasn’t been good in several years. The Washington Capitals can attest to that. I assume that Lack will likely get the starting role because the Hurricanes need to figure out if he’s worth keeping. At worst, he’s certainly an upgrade over Ward.

Here’s how the Canes two goalies rank in comparison to the rest of the goalies in the Metropolitan Division.

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Ward is clearly beginning to decline. He should most likely serve as the backup. The best case scenario for Carolina would be if Ward did well enough to garner interest at the trade deadline. Lack has never had a starting role for an extended period of time because for whatever reason, the Vancouver Canucks never gave him one. They traded Roberto Luongo in effect to give Lack a chance. They proceeded to sign the aging Ryan Miller. Lack is finally somewhere where he will hopefully get a chance to start.

Lack is unproven while Ward is just simply not good. That’s why the Hurricanes are eighth.

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