"I feel like we are a Stanley Cup contender. We're going to win an awful lot of hockey games. I'm as optimistic as I've ever been. In 2005-2006, I went on the record when people were picking us to finish dead last and said we were going to be a really good hockey team, and I'm more optimistic about this team than I was then."

-Peter Karmanos, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. More from Chip Alexander of Canes Now.