Hurricanes believe in Darling despite netminder's poor performance

Maybe Scott Darling isn't up to being a No. 1 goalie?

There's certainly reason to raise the question as the Carolina Hurricanes netminder has posted a record of 9-13-6 with a .892 save percentage after the team acquired and subsequently signed Darling to a four-year, $16.6-million deal last summer.

Hurricanes' columnist Luke DeCock even went as far as to say it's time to "stick a fork" in the Darling experiment.

Not so fast, says head coach Bill Peters.

Peters, Darling, and goalie coach Mike Bales are expected to have a long meeting to talk things over, according to Chip Alexander of the News and Observer.

Darling and veteran Cam Ward have been splitting starts as of late, with the latter posting a .907 save percentage and a record of 12-5-2 as the Hurricanes sit three points out of a playoff spot.