Hurricanes' Eddie Lack: Ripped by coach for poor play

Lack was called out by coach Bill Peters following Wednesday's 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay. "Eddie's played 10 games and was poor in his last outing, let's not kid ourselves," Peters said. "There were 16 shots, four went in. Not good enough. You look at his numbers in the league, they're not good enough."

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Yikes. What's worse, Peters' scathing assessment of Lack's play continued as his answer to a reporter's question of whether there will be a competition for starts between Lack and Cam Ward down the stretch turned into a full-blown rant. Peters indicated Ward was "well ahead" of Lack in the race for starting time, and closed his diatribe with, "When he gets in again, he better play," Peters said. "You better earn some respect from your teammates (...) And a timely save at the right time wouldn't hurt." Looking ahead, the Canes have a very busy month of March with 16 games in the next 28 days, including two back-to-back sets versus the Islanders and Red Wings. At some point, Lack will likely be called upon to provide some relief for the overworked Ward, but needless to say he has a long way to go to earn back the trust of his coach and will probably be used sparingly at best.