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RE: Rod Brind'Amour not likely to return to Hurricanes

Brindy will be missed. He will always wear the C in my book! Glad he retired a Cane.

Rod's passion will be missed on our ice. Its sad to see great players age and leave their peak. We love you, Rod! "In Rod we trust!"

RE: Rod Brind'Amour not likely to return to Hurricanes

Tough decision. Maybe it would be a good idea to keep him another year to help out the younger group with his leadership abilities. On the other hand he just hasn't played well at all the last two years.
Either way I hope he continues to have a part in our organization and I think he would make a great addition to the coaching staff.

RE: Rod Brind'Amour not likely to return to Hurricanes

Weak minded decision here, before the season starts you're going to make another unpopular move in the locker room, remove the best leader on the team from an increasingly younger team, and all to save 1 million dollars? They still have to pay him 2 million of the 3 million he is owed, it'll be more valuable to hold onto one of the three best players in franchise history and bury him on the 4th line. Weak Rutherford, weak. 

- Posted by canes017

Actually, they only save $500K. They still have to replace him on the roster with another player at the league minimum of $500K.

Somehow, Roddy and the team need to find a way for him to end his playing career with dignity and good will, so he can continue to be a part of this franchise in some capacity. But it's not all on Rutherford to do that. Roddy has to cooperate too. How embarrassing would it be for him if he decided to walk away from the Canes and then not find another team willing to pick him up based on last year's performance? 

- Posted by Ken D.

Actually you are both wrong. The money saved would be 2M this year, but add 1M next year. The buyout would be for 2/3rds of the remaining contract spread over twice the number of years remaining.

In Rod's case with 1 year & 3M remaining. The buyout would be 2M over the next 2 years. So the net gain would be 2M this year. Probably 1.5M once you have a replacement player at 500K.

Since his contract was signed after his 35th birthday, the cap hit for Rod would remain 3.6M. But the Canes only care about the actual payroll, not the Salary Cap.

Have been to many games with the wife since 97. We've always enjoyed Brind'Mor on the ice. Canes should bottle his enthusiasm towards the game and make the players drink it before each game.

Best wishes to Rod Brind'Amour.