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The new season of the NHL gets underway on Thursday afternoon as the Carolina Hurricanes take on the Minnesota Wild in Helsinki, Finland as part of the NHL’s annual Premier Series.

The Hurricanes will be keen to avoid a repeat of last season which saw them start the season with a 2-13-3 record. That start pretty much doomed their playoff chances even after a good run towards the end of the year. Carolina do come into this season healthy and on the back of a good preseason were they went 3-2 against NHL opposition. They have added a few youngsters to their team and goaltender Cam Ward is now fully fit having recovered from back problems during the off-season. They do have injury worries over defenseman Joe Corvo, although he may still play. Carolina is available at 10/11 to get their season off to a winning start.

For the Wild this preseason has been one to forget. Minnesota were 0-6 before heading over to Europe. The Wild will need a big performance from their goaltender Niklas Backstrom, who in turn will need his defence to step up in front of him. Injury-wise the Wild should have Guillaume Latendresse and Martin Havlat back although defenseman Marek Zidlicky is questionable. Minnesota can be backed at 4/5.

This is a close game to call between two teams that struggled last season. Both sides will be looking for a quick start but you have to fancy Carolina given that they have at least shown some good form both at the end of last season and during the preseason.


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