by Matt Karash | Sep 4, 2015 | The Pipeline
First, if you are checking in after being busy all day Friday trying to get to the weekend, please check out the launch of the 2nd round of the bracket event. Voting started this morning and will run through next Wednesday. Yesterday, the Carolina Hurricanes...
by Matt Karash | Sep 4, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, The Pipeline
This blog is sort of part 3 of a series on the Canes blue line prospects. Part 1, which you can find HERE, mostly just profiled the individual players. Part 2, which you can find HERE, put them in groups mostly based on age/level of development. So this part 3 is the...
by Matt Karash | Sep 3, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, The Pipeline
In part 1 of what I think is going to become a 3-part series, I profiled most of the Canes promising prospect pool on defense. If you missed, it you can find that HERE. In that post, I went full optimist on the future of the Carolina Hurricanes defensemen. Sure it was...
by Matt Karash | Sep 2, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, The Pipeline
When you look back only 2-3 years ago, the Canes future on the blue line was Justin Faulk, Ryan Murphy and not too much else. Ironically, the Canes were deemed to be deeper at forward. If you fast forward to today, the progress on stocking the system to build the...
by Matt Karash | Aug 29, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, The Pipeline
Obviously the players on the ice ultimately decide success, but I think a key to the Canes team 3-5 years out could be Mark Morris and his ability to develop young defensemen. Right now, the Canes have an imbalance of prospects by position. Whereas the team is light...
by Matt Karash | Aug 17, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, The Pipeline
This blog is part 3 of a short series that identifies next development steps for some of the young players in the Canes system or new at the NHL level. Part 1 featured Chris Terry, Victor Rask, Haydn Fleury, Sergey Tolchinsky and Brendan Woods and can be found HERE....