by Matt Karash | Nov 20, 2018 | Daily Cup of Joe
Originally expected to rejoin the team vaguely in early December, Victor Rask is now participating as a regular in practice and should make his 2018-19 debut well ahead of the original schedule. I see Victor Rask as being a significant addition given the team’s...
by Matt Karash | Sep 17, 2018 | Daily Cup of Joe
I have in process a somewhat formal preseason preview series that I drafted last week and then shelved temporarily late last week with the news of Justin Williams being named captain and the potential Hurricanes impact of Erik Karlsson being traded. My hope is to tie...
by Matt Karash | May 11, 2018 | Daily Cup of Joe
I touched on this topic recently but wanted to go into it in more depth. Hence, today’s Daily Cup of Joe considers the case and place for Victor Rask. Acknowledging the offensive struggles of the 2017-18 season A starting point is acknowledging that the...
by Matt Karash | May 1, 2017 | On The Beat
Victor Rask is first up in what will hopefully be a May full of individual player report cards that both assess their 2016-17 season and also look forward to 2017-18. After being a bit late today, my hope is to try to post one ‘report card’ per day in time...
by Matt Karash | Dec 15, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
The 2015-16 headline Hurricanes stories of the 2015-16 season for the broader hockey world are Justin Faulk’s goal-scoring binge and Eric Staal’s contract situation. And for a small market team currently on the outside of the playoff chase, that seems to...