by Matt Karash | Mar 1, 2017 | Morning Skate
The big news in the hockey world today was the coming and going of the 2017 NHL trade deadline. Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis did well to gain a good return trading veterans Ron Hainsey and Viktor Stalberg prior to the bell lap on Wednesday. Wednesday itself...
by Matt Karash | Feb 28, 2017 | Morning Skate
The majority of articles on Canes and Coffee for the past week have had an NHL trade deadline theme to them. The most recent was part 3 of the series and looks at the Hurricanes needs to fill out their forward ranks for the 2017-18 season. But in the middle of all of...
by Matt Karash | Feb 25, 2017 | Morning Skate
What a difference a game makes. The 1-2-1 start to the 5-game home stand still is not pretty, but with a win and a very good one to boot on Friday night against the Ottawa Senators, things feel somewhat better within the Caniac Nation. With a win, the Hurricanes will...
by Matt Karash | Feb 24, 2017 | Morning Skate
On Friday night in Raleigh, the Hurricanes 5-game home stand will try again. The troops suffered a casualty from the 0-2-1 start when Ron Hainsey became the Hurricanes first trade deadline departure yesterday. And with the Hurricanes suddenly 8 points (adjusted for...
by Matt Karash | Feb 21, 2017 | Morning Skate
The Hurricanes emerged from their 5-day layoff from their NHL bye week looking at 5 home games. Sitting roughly 4 points below the playoff cut line and pushing into the final third of the season, pretty much everyone’s math said that the Hurricanes needed to win...
by Matt Karash | Feb 19, 2017 | Morning Skate
IMPORTANT FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS: Sunday’s game which was originally a 7:30pm start was changed to 7pm, so ignore your ticket and arrive at PNC Arena earlier if you want to see the first period....
