by Matt Karash | Feb 5, 2019 | The Drive Home
On Tuesday night, the Hurricanes kicked off a critical five-game road trip against the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the Penguins being the only opponent currently in playoff position on the trip, a win would be a great start. With a solid 4-0 win, the Hurricanes now...
by Matt Karash | Feb 5, 2019 | Daily Cup of Joe
Just as free agency was kicking off last summer, I predicted a series of events that would see the Hurricanes both change out a significant portion of the team’s veteran leaders and simultaneously keep the forwards and defensemen balanced in terms of budget and...
by Matt Karash | Feb 5, 2019 | Morning Skate
If one looks at the ins and the outs for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, an interesting cut line emerges. Every one of the eight teams currently in a playoff spot has a road record above .500. Every one of the eight teams current out of the playoffs has a road...
by Matt Karash | Feb 4, 2019 | Daily Cup of Joe
First to be clear, the aim of this article is not to say that the Hurricanes are in perfect position now 52 games into the 2018-19 season. I would actually say that the team is a 4-6 points off the target since that is roughly how far it is out of a playoff spot. But...
by Matt Karash | Feb 3, 2019 | The Drive Home
If it was still 2018, Sunday’s game against the Calgary Flames would have been a resounding 5-2 win. But unfortunately, three of the goal scorers are now former Canes, and the result was instead a 4-3 loss with goals against by former Canes Elias Lindholm, Derek...
