face it, the guy’s a warrior. He’s tough. He wants to contribute.

As I am older than him, I can really understand some of what he’s going through. The mind is there, the spirit is willing but the body just ain’t what it used to be. Those are three things I do know about.

For all the lamenting about how “#17 just ain’t got it anymore”, remember, if I were to ask him and anyone of you to go and do a 5k or a 10k, my money’s on Brindy.

Still, I remember the movie “Everyone’s All-American”. Where a great star of the gridiron went one season too long.

I hope that #17 really takes a long hard look at himself. If he thinks he can contribute and it shows, I hope he goes for the rest of his contract. If he sees that his speed is gone (I blame that on his injury – yeah everyone loses a step but I think his knee injury took more out than he wanted) and that it becomes an issue, I hope that whatever he does afterwards keeps his legacy intact.

I know how we all feel, we want him to retire. But try to give the guy a break. He’s trying to hold onto a sport he has played his whole life, it’s tough letting that go. I know from my experience, that when I had to hang it up; my life felt like it became completely different. Sports became part of my identity and I didn’t play nearly as long as Roddy. If he wants to come back and play next season, I don’t have a huge problem with that. I think he needs to realize that he might be scratched from games and he needs to not be a distraction in the lockroom.

Also next season………….there just is no room in the Inn.

   The reality is that the Hurricanes organization has bent over backwards being kind and gentle to Brind’Amour. For two and a half seasons he has been either injured or the worst player on the ice for either team. The presence of a slow, non-physical fourth line forward who wins 50% of his face-offs is a huge waste of time and does nothing to advance the development of the younger players. The fact that Brind’Amour doesn’t seem to grasp how much of caricature he has become is telling. He was an amazing player. He is no longer a player who should be playing in the NHL; and the sooner the Hurricanes organization works with Brind’Amour to give him an exit strategy that allows him to maintain his legacy the better it will be for all concerned.

   Make Brind’Amour the king/czar of finding new STHs and the face-off coach; but get him off the ice while his dignity is still intact and before he becomes even more a distraction to the team.

well, seeing the fact that Chelios is in Atlanta this year, let’s see what happens……. he is the only one that can make the decision either to retire or play on. After he does hang them up, we need to keep him in the organization to teach the new players face-offs and workout regimen to be able to play as long as he did…i will forever remember the look on his face when we won the Cup in 06……….PRICELESS!!

From back-to-back Selke trophies to 29 +/ for two seasons in a row = DONE. Now he’s only tarnishing what was an otherwise stellar career.

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Funny we are talking about Brindy and his ups and downs. This shows he will always be respected for what he has done, lets not see an article about three seasons of -29

A lot of folks on here seem to think that Rod can’t contribute to this team. While I agree that his one ice performance has been subpar for the last two years, no one on these forums is privy to the locker room and his effect on those dynamics. You can speculate and make your best guesses, but no one here can truly say whether or not he is adding to team we love or not.