by Matt Karash | May 18, 2023 | Featured Post, Morning Skate
Part 1 of 2 today looked backward at the Canes series win over the New Jersey Devils. You can find that article HERE. Part 2 looks forward to the series against the Florida Panthers. Florida Panthers Entering the last week of the regular season, my strong...
by Matt Karash | May 3, 2023 | Featured Post, Morning Skate
On Monday, I posted an article that looked back at the Carolina Hurricanes series win over the New York Islanders. That article which you can find HERE leads into this article which looks forward to the Hurricanes round 2 match up against the New Jersey Devils. In...
by Matt Karash | Apr 27, 2022 | Daily Cup of Joe, Featured Post
In yesterday’s Daily Cup of Joe, I first called out the two factors that can decide any playoff series (goaltending and special teams scoring) and followed up by saying that I thought that past those two automatics the single biggest factor in the Canes’...
by Matt Karash | Jan 12, 2022 | Daily Cup of Joe, Featured Post
Today’s Daily Cup of Joe considers Jesperi Kotkaniemi through 33 games from a couple different levels. Worth noting is that it is still a bit early to make any kind of final judgment on Kotkaniemi. The best recent reference point for patience with players...
by Matt Karash | Oct 5, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe, Featured Post
Amidst a busy off-season with a couple high stakes moves, arguably the most interesting was the Hurricanes’ aggressive move to offer sheet Jesperi Kotkaniemi and ultimately add him to the roster when Montreal decided not to match the offer. The deal was a costly...
by Matt Karash | Jun 30, 2021 | Daily Cup of Joe, Featured Post
Today’s Daily Cup of Joe continues a series of posts considering options for re-signing or letting go the team’s group of players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents this off-season. First up was Dougie Hamilton. Yesterday was Jordan Martinook....