"There will be players in that B group that we’d like to get in a game but just won’t get a game bec...
"There will be players in that B group that we’d like to get in a game but just won’t get a game because of the number. At the same time, I would rather sacrifice that than play nine exhibition games and spend the first five games just filling holes with the guys and saying ‘Let’s wait until the last two or three until we get serious.’"
— http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=498867
So it seems Mr. Maurice may have had something to do with the sharp reduction in preseason games this year.
