Congratulations to “Canes N Bacon”, who won the Canes Country Pick’em contest this season with a total of 50 points earned. He was rolling into the final in third place, but picked Florida to win in six games and he jumped ahead of the competition.

(contact me at canescountry@gmail.com, to get your prize puck)

Honorable mention goes to “JBilhStaal11” who had 45 points for second place.

Next up was “CanesENC” with 43, “CaniacJeffy14” with 43, and “DavioParker” with 40.

In all, we had over 60 participants. Thank you all who gave it a try!

Another shout out and big thank you to “bambamcanefan”, who handled all the calculations this year.

With the Panthers winning the Cup twice in a row and with three straight trips to the Finals, they are certainly the team to emulate.

The Draft is a week away, so I will be working on a preview and will post it soon. Of course, free agency will open shortly after that.

It seems that Carolina’s best chance to get better would be to make a hockey trade. Easier said than done.