by Matt Karash | Jun 28, 2017 | On The Beat
In case you missed it, I put of a special summer ‘what I’m watching’ in two parts for the Carolina Hurricanes prospect camp which takes to the ice tonight at PNC Arena. Part 1 previews the 2017 draftees, and part 2 looks at the returning players....
by Matt Karash | Jun 27, 2017 | Checking In, On The Beat
Today it was announced that the Hurricanes had signed defenseman Jake Chelios (who was qualified yesterday) and forward and captain Patrick Brown to new contracts. Both players were key veteran components of the team that surged and broke the playoff drought for...
by Matt Karash | Jun 26, 2017 | On The Beat
The biggest news today happened first, when the Hurricanes announced that they had re-signed unrestricted free agent Derek Ryan to a one-year $1.425 million one-way contract. I wrote up the Derek Ryan signing in the usual couple layers of detail HERE. Of the...
by Matt Karash | Jun 26, 2017 | Bulletin Board, On The Beat
Today it was announced that the Hurricanes had re-signed Derek Ryan to a one-year (one-way) deal at $1.425 million. It is a good thing that the Daily Cup of Joe article was posted early since Ron Francis started early. 🙂 I had this deal among those that I expected...
by Canes&Coffee | Jun 25, 2017 | Featured Post, On The Beat
The Carolina Hurricanes 2017 draft class To help everyone get up to speed on the newest Hurricanes prospects drafted on Friday and Saturday, Canes and Coffee offers a profile and reading list for each player (last two still in process). Martin Nekas — First...
by Matt Karash | Jun 24, 2017 | On The Beat
With their first second round pick, #42 overall, in the 2017 NHL Draft, the Carolina Hurricanes followed a familiar pattern in taking a Finnish forward in Eetu Luostarinen. (2015 was Sebastian Aho and 2016 was Janne Kuokkanen.) Eetu Luostarinen profile...