by Matt Karash | Dec 10, 2016 | Canes Chronicle
There are other candidates including Cam Ward’s resurgence in net, Jeff Skinner leading the way offensively and Sebastian Aho hopping straight into the NHL without missing a beat. But thus far in 2016-17, my favorite Carolina Hurricanes story line is the...
by Matt Karash | Oct 24, 2016 | Daily Cup of Joe
When required to put forward his opening face-off lineup first, the go-to for Coach Bill Peters is usually to ice Jordan Staal’s checking line along with the top defense pairing basically either chasing the other team’s best line off the ice for the first...
by Matt Karash | Nov 28, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
In 1 specific way, I say yes. Important to note Justin Faulk as being in a different category Before going too far down that path, let me first make sure I give credit where it is due. First, my comment is mostly about comparing and contrasting the early and...
by Matt Karash | Nov 24, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
When Jaccob Slavin was recalled from Charlotte, he became the third (behind Noah Hanifin and Brett Pesce) young Hurricanes defenseman to make his NHL debut this season. The future of the Hurricanes blue line looked bright in early June and has seen significant...
by Matt Karash | Nov 18, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
It has been an interesting off day on the Hurricanes blue line. With Ryan Murphy out with a concussion, this morning the Hurricanes announced that they had signed Tim Gleason to a tryout contract. I wrote about that HERE. Then at about dinner time, the Hurricanes...
