Storm Advisory 10/31/18: NHL News, Rumors, Links and Daily Roundup

IT’S SPOOKY SZN!

By Justin Lape@LankyLape Oct 31, 2018, 8:14am EDT

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To kick off the spooky mood, Canes captain Justin Williams went all Pennywise on his teammates:

@JustinWilliams took clowning on his teammates to a whole new level this #Halloween pic.twitter.com/RfBKvyK10c
— Carolina PumpCANES (@NHLCanes) October 30, 2018

AH! Supernatural Tripp Tracy trying to scare the kids at home:

Keep Flossing, Tripp... pic.twitter.com/moQ2wBNTSS
— FOX Sports Carolinas (@CanesOnFSCR) October 31, 2018

It’s terrifying how good Sebastian Aho is. [Sporting News]
Best way to cause bone-chilling terror in opposing forwards? Send Jaccob Slavin out to defend them. [The Athletic ($)]
Some pretty scary stats surrounding the Hurricanes start to the season:

Since the Hurricanes 4-0-1 start, they have gone 2-5-0. They've scored 2 or fewer goals in five of those games (all losses). In all of the 4 wins to start the season, they scored 3 or more. In all of the regulation losses, goaltenders have combined for a .894 save percentage.
— #WhyNot? (@LankyLape) October 31, 2018

The Checkers have a spooky promotion for this Friday. [Checkers]
Some of the top lines around the NHL are pretty scary. [ESPN]
The Predators: they’re spine-chilling good. [NBC Sports]
The ghost of Staal’s past came to scare the Oilers. [TSN]