{"id":52,"date":"2010-06-30T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsports.us\/?p=52"},"modified":"2010-06-30T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T18:50:00","slug":"brindamour-wont-play-will-join-canes-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Brind’Amour won’t play, will join Canes organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carolina Hurricanes made the right, and classy, move with Rod Brind’Amour. Brind’Amour  announced Wednesday afternoon that he won’t return to the Carolina Hurricanes as a player, but will join the team in a new role.<\/p>\n

Brind’Amour said general manager Jim Rutherford had told him, in a conversation a few weeks ago, that there was not a fit for him to come back next season. That left Brind’Amour weighing whether to try to play for another team after a disappointing 2010 season.<\/p>\n

Leaving Raleigh, Brind’Amour said, “never ever felt right.”<\/p>\n

“I certainly don’t want to play anywhere else,” he said. After Rutherford called him Wednesday morning and said Brind’Amour could have a role with the team, that sealed it for Brind’Amour. That role has not yet been defined.<\/p>\n

Here’s the harsh truth – Brind’Amour’s play had fallen to the point where Carolina had make a change. But you have to applaud the franchise for looking for a way to keep Brind’Amour around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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