by Matt Karash | Oct 5, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
The past week has been the usual exercise of teams rapidly cutting players to reach an opening night roster of 22-23 players. Most of the players who are cut are young prospects most of whom were not expected to compete for roster spots this season but are expected...
by Matt Karash | Oct 3, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
In the past 24 hours 3 things have occurred with the end result being the finalization of the Canes opening night roster barring any strange practice injuries. First, the Canes got out of Friday’s preseason finale without any new injuries, so no new roster...
by Matt Karash | Oct 2, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Earlier this week, I shared my opinion on the existing forward line combinations a bit about the process going forward to sort it out. It is sort of like part 1 for this post. You can read that HERE. After a slow start in preseason that saw offensive struggles in...
by Matt Karash | Oct 1, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
With game 5 of 6 on the preseason slate completed and only 5 days until final rosters must be submitted, the Hurricanes coaching staff should be in the final stages of figuring out who makes the team and who plays with whom. Head Coach Bill Peters said as much after...
by Matt Karash | Oct 1, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
At the risk of being accused of getting too bogged down in who is playing with whom when it is all subject to change repeatedly anyway, I am going to venture for the second time this week into the construction of the Carolina Hurricanes lines. Earlier this week, I...
by Matt Karash | Sep 30, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Today on an otherwise fairly quiet rainy Tuesday in Raleigh, a bomb dropped about mid-day about a rumor that Eric Staal was asking for $9 million per year. The article was on The Hockey News but the source was actually Renaud Lavoie from Le Journal de Montreal....
