by Matt Karash | Jan 30, 2017 | On The Beat
No doubt, the Carolina Hurricanes’ playoff hopes took another hit. After an 0-3 record the previous week, the Hurricanes stumbled into the All-Star break with an 0-2 record running their losing streak to 5 games. Canes fans riding the roller coaster have to feel...
by Cory Fogg | Jan 28, 2017 | On The Beat
Welcome Caniacs, to Part 2 of the Hurricanes rebuild in-depth. While, in Part 1, I wasted far too many words talking about teams who were not the Hurricanes, Part 2 will entirely revolve around the Carolina effort. So sit back, grab your cup of coffee, and if you’re...
by Cory Fogg | Jan 25, 2017 | On The Beat
Rebuild. The annoying word that any fan hates more than a kiss cam on a first date. Yes, we all know that ‘rebuild’ is simply code for ‘Your team sucks’ but it is a vital part of any team’s sustained success in professional sports. Players get old, they get lured away...
by Matt Karash | Jan 23, 2017 | On The Beat
Following an ugly home loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night, Coach Bill Peters made changes for Saturday’s game against Columbus and has made changes again coming out of that game which was a 3-2 loss. Who is in? Who is out? Who is where? For...
by Matt Karash | Jan 23, 2017 | On The Beat
There is no sugar-coating the Hurricanes 0-3 week in terms of playoff optimism. The schedule was tough enough that I would have been very happy with 3 points and even content with 2, but 0 is tough. Today’s Daily Cup of Joe entitled “Righting the...
by Matt Karash | Jan 17, 2017 | On The Beat
On December 14, I looked at the next month of schedule for the Hurricanes, broke the schedule into 3 chunks and set targets for what I thought the Hurricanes needed to accomplish record-wise for each of the 3 sets of games to push up into the playoff chase. With a...
