Now that the Carolina Hurricanes have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, all eyes are on head coach Rod Brind’Amour. The likely 2021 Jack Adams finalist is without a contract for next season and though there have been reports over the last few months that negotiations were close, nothing has been officially announced.
Previously, it had come up that Brind’Amour was focused on securing contract extensions for his entire coaching staff as well as his own. Today, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic tweets that there is still work to be done on those assistants’ contracts and that it is “important” to Brind’Amour that they get them.
That’s not to say things won’t get worked out between the Hurricanes and their franchise icon. Not only was Brind’Amour the captain when the team hoisted its only Stanley Cup in 2006, he’s also been one of the most successful coaches in the NHL since he took the reins in 2018, winning 120 of his 206 regular season games. Brind’Amour is beloved by the fan base and it would be lunacy for the organization to let him go, unless the contract demands are completely unreasonable.
The Hurricanes may have been defeated in the second round, going quietly against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but it’s hard to really critique what they’ve done to this point. The team is full of young stars that are just starting to realize their potential and the coaching/management group has done a great job maximizing their resources to this point. Until it is done, anything can happen, but it seems very likely that Brind’Amour–and his full staff–will be returning.
The best lesson the Canes should learn from losing in 5 to Tampa is humility. Canes are a bit over confident despite not really having won anything with this group. Good team, but not that good yet.
What it is going to come down to if Roddy believes in this team or not because we all know he is not going to get the amount of money if he went elsewhere…Yes I think he will stay but I don’t fault him going somewhere else…for what he is possibly owed…
Rod, Your new GM, Ron Francis is on line 1 from Seattle . . . Canes fans will miss him, but he and his staff deserve the fruits of their efforts, but will have to go, elsewhere. The owner is a cheap bastard as evidence by him not paying his TV commentator, so he left after last season. Shame on you Canes.
The owner is cheap because he didn’t pay Forslund? The Canes had the highest payroll in the history of the franchise.
Dolan/Sather/Drury will make you a deal you can’t refuse….
Early prediction for 2022. Canes will struggle to make the playoffs in Metro with a new coach,squeaking in as a wild card, and will be bounced in first round.