'Canes already in playoff mode

By foxsports

Published Feb. 23, 2011 7:06 a.m. ET

By Andrew Jones
FOXSportsCarolinas.com
February 23, 2011

Raleigh, N.C. --- The playoffs might as well be here for the Carolina Hurricanes. How else can you explain the vicious hit Eric Staal laid on his brother, Marc on Tuesday night?

With the score tied with 45 seconds left in the second period of the Carolina Hurricanes-New York Rangers game at the RBC Center, Eric, the older one and Carolina