Matt Karash: Canes 2013 Eval Part 4: Slotting and roles for Canes forwards
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So with a quick financial intro and candid assessments for 2013 for GM Jim Rutherford and Coach Kirk Muller posted, I move to the players. A key component to evaluating playersâ...
Storm Aftermath: Tuomo Ruutu
Now signed to a four-year, $19 mil. contract, Tuomo Ruutu is expected to play a key role in the Hurricanes future by being a contributor in the team's top-six while providing a much-needed physical presence on top of that. It's hard to deny that Ruutu makes an impact whenever he is in the lineup but unfortunately, Ruutu spent most of this year watching the team from the press...
Marc-André Gragnani Inks Deal With HC Lev Praha by Steven Ellis
Marc-André Gragnani, who spent the past season in the Carolina Hurricanes organization, has signed a deal with HC Lev Praha. The 26-year old Montreal, Quebec native was drafted #87 overall in the 3rd round of the 2005 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. In April of 2009, he established a new record for Portland Pirates [...]
Storm Aftermath: Eric Staal
All Carolina fans breathed out a collective sigh of relief when it was announced that Eric Staal would be ready for the 2013-14 season after suffering a sprained MCL while playing in the World Hockey Championship. As team captain, Staal's presence would have been missed in the locker room if he was out for a longer time but his impact on the ice would have been an even bigger...
Matt Karash: Canes 2013 Eval Part 3: Coach Kirk Muller
The biggest (and old now) news out of the Canes camp is that Eric Staal escaped his injury in the Sweden with only a major sprain and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp. Exhale....
Onward with my review of the Canes personnel during the 2013 season building toward my thoughts on how to quickly patch a couple holes and put a playoff team on the ice for the 2013-14 season....
Storm Aftermath: Jordan Staal
Fan expectations always vary from player to player in a given year and this season, I think Carolina fans had higher hopes for Jordan Staal than anyone else on the roster. It made sense to expect a lot from him, too. He has always been one of the best two-way centers in the NHL and has shown the ability to be even more than that during his time with the Pittsburgh Penguins when given...
Hurricanes Goals Versus Salary Values: Findin the best bargains on the team
Even in a year with a $70.3 million salary cap, finding players on cheap deals is essentially to building a winning club. Not every team has the same funds and those in smaller markets have to find players on bargain contracts to stay in contention rather than try to outbid their competitors. Big market teams have to do this, as well and it will be important next year with the cap...
Storm Aftermath: Kevin Westgarth
A "need" that Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford wanted to address last off-season was acquiring an enforcer to help prevent other teams from taking liberties on some of Carolina's more skilled players. The Hurricanes specifically wanted to invest in some protection for Jeff Skinner, who has already suffered two concussions in his young career, and the old theory is that...
Eric Staal to miss 3 months with severely sprained knee
The IIHF World Championship is a major tournament that takes place during the spring, yet is eclipsed here in North America due to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Many players who either fail to qualify for the playoffs or get eliminated in the first round make their way onto their respective national rosters for a chance to win international gold. During a quarterfinal match on Thursday...
Eric Staal to miss 3 months with severely sprained knee
The IIHF World Championship is a major tournament that takes place during the spring, yet is eclipsed here in North America due to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Many players who either fail to qualify for the playoffs or get eliminated in the first round make their way onto their respective national rosters for a chance to win international gold. During a quarterfinal match on Thursday...
No surgery required for Eric Staal
Supporters of the Carolina Hurricanes can exhale in relief. TSN's Aaron Ward reports forward Eric Staal doesn't appear to be in too bad shape following a nasty knee-on-knee hit from Swedish defenseman Alexander Edler at the IIHF World Championship. "Initial diagnosis by Carolina Hurricanes Medical Staff of Eric Staal is that No surgery is required for Eric Staal.....
Staal to miss 3 offseason months with sprained MCL
The Carolina Hurricanes say they expect captain Eric Staal to be ready to start next season after suffering a scary-looking knee injury during an international tournament.
The team said Staal underwent an MRI on his right knee Saturday and it revealed a third-degree sprain of his medial collateral ligament.
The team says Staal won't need surgery and he should need only three...
HockeyBuzz Wire: Eric Staal Diagnosed with Third-Degree MCL Sprain
Carolina team website:
RALEIGH, NC â Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey Leagueâs Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on team captain Eric Staalâs right knee revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). Surgery will not be required to repair the ligament, and...
No Surgery Required For Eric Staal
RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test on team captain Eric Staal’s right knee revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). Surgery will not be required to repair the ligament, and Staal’s rehabilitation should last...
Storm Aftermath: Tim Gleason
We will continue our player reviews from this past season by taking a closer look at the year that was for Tim Gleason. Recently signed to a four year, $16 mil. contract, Gleason is set to be a key cog in the Hurricanes defense corps for the next few season and is expected to provide a solid, veteran presence for players like Justin Faulk to learn after. Gleason has also established...
Eric Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision with Alex Edler
Eric Staal down on the ice after his collision with Alexander Edler (courtesy of cbssports.com)
The injury bug strikes a member of the Staal family yet again!
Carolina Hurricane’s center and Team Canada forward Eric Staal was injured in a knee-on-knee collision with Vancouver Canuck’s and Team Sweden forward Alexander Edler in the first period of the final Quarterfinal match...
What Direction Is Edler’s Career Going?
from Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province,
If you thought Edler had a brain-dead season this year — coughing up the puck and playing soft for a man of his tremendous physical abilities — you will be pleased to know that he at least tried to hit somebody in this one. Unfortunately for the Carolina Hurricanes and Eric Staal, it was a ridiculously lame hit on the Canadian...
Watch Eric Staal’s injury and decide: should NHL players play for their countries?
If you missed it yesterday, Canada was playing Sweden in the quarterfinals of the IIHF World Championships in Stockholm. In the first period, Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal was the victim of an ugly knee-on-knee collision by Swedish defenseman Alex Edler of the Vancouver Canucks.
The video of the incident is below.
Whether you think it was a dirty hit is not the question...
Storm Aftermath: Jamie McBain
It's about that time of the year where we will look back at the season that was for the Hurricanes by taking a look at the individual performance of each player. Last season I did this by showing how effective each player was at controlling scoring chances but I'm going to take a different route this time. Scoring chances are very important, but they're just part of...
Matt Karash: Eric Staal world championship injury
So today Eric Staal took what looked like a dirty knee on knee hit from fellow NHLer Alexander Edler in Canada's game versus Sweden this afternoon. At this point, it is all speculation, but it did not look good. He was in severe pain and needed help from a couple teammates to make it off the ice.
It will be interesting to see if any kind of early report filters back through...
Alex Edler Leaves Eric Staal in Ton of Pain After Knee-on-Knee Hit at World Championships
The NHL season may be over for 22 teams, but that doesn’t mean the hockey has stopped for players on the 22 teams who aren’t lucky enough to still be playing for the Stanley Cup. The world championships are going on right now, and there is plenty of NHL representation.
At least one team must be hating that fact right now.
That team would be the Carolina Hurricanes who saw their...
This Is Why You Don’t Miss The NHL Playoffs
Fans HATE when their players go play in the Worlds because it a) means their team is not in the playoffs, b) someone could get hurt, and c) is a pretty meaningless tournament.
Well, someone did get hurt.
Eric Staal is the Carolina Hurricanes’ captain, all-time leader in pretty much everything, and their heart and soul. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs this year after a catastrophic...
Eric Staal Suffers Brutal Knee Injury At World Championships
Eric Staal’s NHL season was cut short as the Carolina Hurricanes didn’t make it to the postseason. Staal went on to play in the IIHF World Championship, serving as the captain for Team Canada. In a game against Sweden on Thursday, Staal collided knee-on-knee with Vancouver Canucks defenseman and Swede, Alex Edler. From the video footage (which can be viewed here), you can see...
Eric Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision at World Championships
During the first period of Canada vs. Sweden in the Men’s World Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Alexander Edler collided with Eric Staal in a horrific knee-on-knee hit. Staal was immediately down and writhing in pain. Staal had to be helped off the ice by trainers and could hardly put any weight on his leg. Edler was given a five-minute major for kneeing and was...
Eric Staal Injured In World Championship Game
Staal had to be helped off the ice and put no weight on his right leg after a knee-on-knee hit from Alex Edler in the first period of Canada/Sweden WC game today.
Edler received a major and a game misconduct.
Bad news for Canes star at worlds.RT "@linushugosson Eric Staal in serious pain after knee-on-knee hit" twitter.com/linushugosson/…
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