by Matt Karash | Jul 5, 2017 | On The Beat
One tell-tale sign that the hockey off-season is approaching the news-less desert of mid-July through August is when the volume of wild trade ideas suddenly increases. And on cue for the Hurricanes, we may be seeing the beginning with Jordan Staal’s name popping...
by Matt Karash | May 17, 2017 | Featured Post, On The Beat
For anyone catching up, a menu of previous player (and also coach and GM) report cards can be found at the bottom of the article. Jordan Staal’s starting point for the 2016-17 season In his third season with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2015-16, Jordan Staal had...
by Matt Karash | Feb 3, 2016 | Daily Cup of Joe
Jordan Staal started the 2015-16 season a bit slow. His scoring was light just like 2014-15, but for me it was more about him just not being a physical presence often enough and playing the shutdown brand of hockey that is his foundation as a hockey player. It is not...
by Matt Karash | Aug 28, 2015 | Memory Lane
At the point when the NHL became populated with three Staal brothers (plus Jared in the AHL), talk started about the possibility of them uniting. Hurricanes fans of course pegged this meeting for Raleigh. Two-thirds of that (three-fourths if you count Jared) came to...
by Matt Karash | Aug 23, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches’ Seat
Reports heading into the Carolina Hurricanes training camp last September were that both Eric and Jordan Staal were entering camp in the best shape of their hockey lives and ready to roll into the 2014-15. Those plans were destroyed when Jordan Staal twisted awkwardly...
