by Matt Karash | Sep 24, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
For yesterday’s Daily Cup of Joe, I took a shot at playing Hurricanes coach Bill Peters coming fresh off a 3-day look (including the Red-White scrimmage) at preseason game action. You can read that in full HERE if you missed it. Today in the first practice following...
by Matt Karash | Sep 23, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
For anyone stopping by to see notes/comments from the Canes 7-3 loss against the Penguins, you will have to wait. I could not get video to work (like most I think) and saw it only through the eyes of Chuck Kaiton. My hope is to get to bed early for once and do an...
by Matt Karash | Sep 22, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Last summer in his 1st season as GM, Ron Francis made a commitment to leaving slots open to be won by the youth in training camp. Coming off a playoff miss in the 2013-14 season, he added only Jay McClement to the forward mix despite the fact that the team was light...
by Matt Karash | Sep 20, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Canes GM Ron Francis is quickly establishing a track record for being nearly impossible to read and for telegraphing pretty much none of his actions beforehand. In general, I like this. It helps prevent situations where too many people know what he wants to do and...
by Matt Karash | Sep 19, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
For anyone who was busy during the week and is just catching up on Canes hockey on the weekend, it was a busy week. The team did their physicals and kick-off on Thursday and took to the ice for the 1st practice on Friday. Canes and Coffee posted a collection of...
by Matt Karash | Sep 18, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
Yes I realize that the graphic on front page is inaccurate, but I spent something like 8 minutes of my high-end graphic design skills creating that in PowerPoint, so I am using it twice. : -) Also for those looking for a practice report, please check Twitter for a few...
