by Matt Karash | Aug 10, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Shortly after Ron Francis was named GM of the Carolina Hurricanes, I wrote a blog at Hockeybuzz about a “2 year bridge” that Francis would need to cross before he could finally build his own team. The short version of it was that Francis would be...
by Matt Karash | Aug 8, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
With Matt Cullen’s signing with Pittsburgh for one year at a very modest $800,000 yesterday another free agent came off the market. Now a full 38 days past the start of the free agent period, Ron Francis has signed exactly zero new players. I keep clamoring...
by Matt Karash | Jul 31, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
If you skipped right past it, I encourage everyone to read the quick site update on the Bulletin Board post right below this blog on the main page and also with its own spot at the bottom of the main page. Anyone remember the old Dunkin Donuts commercial with the...
by Matt Karash | Jul 30, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Right now, the Carolina Hurricanes actually have a couple openings at forward and could seemingly use another wing too. But when I build a set of forward lines, my starting point is always trying to slot four centers. Right now at center, I think the definites are...
by Canes&Coffee | Jul 6, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
After watching the NHL playoffs play out from the middle of April until the end of June with very little real Hurricanes hockey news, we received a firecracker explosion of events in the week leading up to the Fourth of July. Friday June 26: The Canes somewhat...
by Canes&Coffee | Jul 2, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
Drafting Noah Hanifin at #5 was smart but really in the category of no-brainer. Per my other blog, I think the James Wisniewski trade was an incredibly good one. But the Eddie Lack trade was arguably Ron Francis’ best over the draft weekend in terms of raw smarts,...
