What is working?

What is working?

by | Nov 2, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe

Inevitably the long 82-game NHL season will offer some ups and downs for the 2021-22 Carolina Hurricanes. But through eight games, the team is a perfect 8-0-0 which suggests (rightfully I believe) that Hurricanes are a very good hockey team and have the chance to be a...
What is working?

Weekend wishes and watch points

by | Oct 28, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe

Wednesday was another rough day for the NHL at large with the release of the results from the investigation of sexual assault of a young player by a Blackhawks video coach. That it happened is horrible. How the NHL is addressing/not addressing it is worse. There will...
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Subtle but significant

by | Oct 27, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe

Today’s Daily Cup of Joe offers a couple subtle but significant changes in the Hurricanes from a few different categories.   1) Net front friendly The Hurricanes power play has improved significantly over the past couple years. No doubt Brind’Amour...
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Room for improvement despite 4-0-0 start

by | Oct 25, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe

One might figure that the Hurricanes have been firing on all cylinders to start the 2021-22 season based on the perfect 4-0-0 start, but I actually do not see that as being the case. On the offensive side of the puck, the Hurricanes have been finishing at a high rate...
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The two-year window

by | Oct 20, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe

Very recently, say three years ago pre-Brind’Amour, the half-full conversation about the Canes was that they had a good young core to build around and that the team should emerge soon from the playoff drought. That happened probably one or two years ahead of...