(Ed. Note: There’s entirely too much sunshine in the summer. So your friends at Puck Daddy are offering a month of thrown shade and perpetual gloom. Behold, our Summer of Disappointment series, in which we ask fans of all 30 teams to recall the biggest bummer moments, teams and players in franchise history! Please wade into their misery like a freezing resort pool, and add your own choices in the comments!)

Written by Debra Bree



Most Disappointing Team: 2006-2007 Carolina Hurricanes



Why? Really? (Yes, the first year was painful. But everyone knew it would be because Karmanos karma.)

I mean...they missed the playoffs. Which, as it turns out, is the norm for Carolina, but for after winning the Cup in 2006, reestablishing hope into the fanbase they worked so hard to win over, the Hurricanes freaking missed the playoffs a year later. Hello disappointment.

Sure, the 2002-2003 season sucked, so soon after they made it to the SC Final (oh hey, dead last in the league). But they didn’t win that year so technically they started the next season off with disappointment which they let fester before hitting rock bottom.

But 2006-2007 was different. They had so much promise and splat. Again, it wasn’t even a near miss; it was the bottom of the E.C. So there’s anger, frustration, and dashed hopes all leading to, you got it, disappointment.

Can’t even be funny here, it’s too sad.

Most Disappointing Hurricane: Jared Staal



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There are quite a few disappointments floating around Hurricanes history (Jack Johnson, Tim Gleason, Joe Corvo) but today, the MDH title goes to...Jared Staal.

That’s JARED, not the other ones. Way to live up to the Staal name, dude.

Initially drafted by Phoenix (not even in the first round, failing from the beginning), he was traded to Carolina in 2010 due to Rutherford’s first attempt to rebrand the team as the “Carolina Staalicanes.” Not making the team roster out of camp, Jared was sent to the Charlotte Checkers (AHL), then to the Florida Everblades (ECHL), and loaned out to Providence for some unknown reason (he wasn’t needed, put it that way).

In April 2013, he finally found himself playing on the NHL level in what I’m assuming was a Hail Mary by management, probably to persuade Marc (who, thanks to a misdirected puck to the eye, wasn’t even playing!) to join the 'Canes as the team has a defense issue (there is none).

The Hurricanes lost both games in which he played, one which was a doozy of a loss that ended the season. Thanks for making us waste that fifth rounder, baby Staal (could’ve gotten Brendan Gallagher with that pick).

Most Disappointing Moment in Hurricanes History: The day they would ostensibly become the Carolina Hurricanes

In March 1997, we realized what a [jerk] of a lying liar who lies Peter Karmanos is.

After promising to keep the Whalers in Hartford until 1998, Karmanos moved the team to Raleigh Greensboro in 1997, claiming an inability to find a way to keep them in Hartford for another year. Never mind that the arena in Raleigh he planned for team to play in wasn’t built yet, ergo the move to Greensboro and not Raleigh. Karmanos was determined to remove ties with the soon to be former Hartford Whalers. He even renamed the team on his own (thanks buddy) and for all we know, designed the damn logo too.