29th October 2003, 6:17 AM
The canadians nearly did but Carolina beat them just before the final , In my mind Carolina is a Inferior team , I think the reason was for the defeat is because of all the injuries and fatiqued after fighting like hell agiast boston earlier. It was saddening it wouldnt have matter if they made it to the final and lost but the fact a weak team like the hurricanes was what did them in was saddening. One thing the canadians had at that time was Doug Gilmour with his faboulous passes and experience as well as Koivu come back also was a boost to the team.