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Your Captain and Assistant Captains are....

After the loss of Brind'Amour to retirement and Whitney to free agency who will lead the Hurricanes next year? Reading this exerpt from the Whitney story in the N&O this monring I think JR gave us a clue in stating:

"Thankfully, we have lots of players that have led the young ones," Rutherford said, noting the roles that center Eric Staal, defenseman Tim Gleason, and in the near future, young center Brandon Sutter, will have to play.

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/02/561766/whitney-leaves-canes.html#ixzz0sWjWPi4y

From remarks I have read on this blog over the last few weeks it seems a lot of folks are upset with the direction of the budget this year, however, I believe the org has laid a good foundation and I am really excited to see this team evolve over the next few years.

Have a great 4th of July weekend!