by Matt Karash | Jun 30, 2017 | On The Beat
This week is definitely peak (Apex reference) season for the Carolina Hurricanes off-season. Prospect camp is chugging forward at the same time that Francis has been knocking out a run of small moves leading up to a somewhat bigger one on Thursday night. If you just...
by Matt Karash | May 20, 2017 | On The Beat
For anyone catching up, a menu of previous player (and also coaching and GM) report cards can be found at the bottom of the article. Ryan Murphy’s starting point for the 2016-17 season As a suddenly ‘needs to be maturing’ prospect at 22 years old,...
by Matt Karash | Jul 14, 2016 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
It has suddenly turned into a busy news day for Hurricanes hockey. Mid-afternoon it was announced that the Hurricanes had re-signed AHL-level restricted free agents Keegan Lowe, Brendan Woods, Brody Sutter and Dennis Robertson. Then not too much later, it was...
by Matt Karash | Nov 27, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
On Thursday, the Carolina Hurricanes sent Ryan Murphy to the Charlotte Checkers with the expectation that he will play on Saturday. The big positive here is that Murphy is returning pretty quickly from a concussion that occurred in the Flyers game on November 14....
by Matt Karash | Nov 4, 2015 | GM/Coaches’ Seat
Ryan Murphy is player #2 in what I hope will be ‘7 D in 7 days. First up yesterday was John-Michael Liles whose write up can be found HERE. When I categorize the youth in the system on defense, most players fit pretty neatly into 1 of 2 categories. ‘The...
