by Matt Karash | Oct 23, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Yesterday the Carolina Hurricanes announced that the team had returned Rasmus Rissanen to Charlotte. Today the Hurricanes announced that the team had recalled Brett Pesce from Charlotte. I will spare everyone another rant on why I am so amped up about Brett Pesce and...
by Matt Karash | Oct 22, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
Canes fans exited a late night of hockey feeling good after a late highlight reel save (plus a few other good ones) pushed the team to overtime and Victor Rask ended it on a positive note with the game-winning goal. The game recap/player notes are here if you are...
by Matt Karash | Oct 15, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
Earlier I posted my thoughts on the Brett Pesce half of the Canes recalls today. You can find that HERE. Brock McGinn could also see his first NHL action on Friday or Saturday depending partly on Coach Bill Peters’ plan and partly on the status of Joakim...
by Matt Karash | Oct 15, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
I have an abundance of excitement but a very short window to write, so let me take a shot at Brett Pesce’s recall now and then do Brock McGinn separately either later tonight or maybe for DCOJ for tomorrow. Since the morning after James Wisniewski went down for...
by Matt Karash | Oct 14, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
And just like that we are 3 games into Noah Hanifin’s career as an NHL defenseman. He obviously entered training camp with incredibly high long-term expectations and also a fairly high chance that he would start immediately at the NHL level. 3 games is NOT...
by Matt Karash | Oct 9, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
AFTER POSTING THIS, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT JAMES WISNIEWSKI TORE HIS ACL AND WOULD BE OUT APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS. WELL WISHES GO OUT TO JAMES. I guess that means we can officially skip past the “short-term” in the original post....