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Brind’Amour, in turn, was the quin-tessential captain. Many believe heshould have been the Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 2006, although Canesgoalie Cam Ward was a deserving  winner.“Rod is a great leader and has all therespect in the [locker] room,” said Fran-cis, the Canes’ captain beforeBrind’Amour and now the team’s assis-tant general manager.But last season, the Canes lost theirleader. Brind’Amour was felled with asevere knee injury in a Feb. 14 gameagainst the Pittsburgh Penguins, knock-ing him out of the last 22 games. A 19-year veteran, Brind’Amour wasa presence on the ice — one of theleague’s best defensive forwards, one of the best on faceoffs, a penalty-killer andsteady scorer. He was forceful in thelocker room, stern when he had to be.Suddenly, he was gone.Someone had to lead. At 23, Staal wasready.“We needed to win games,” said Staal,an alternate captain. “I wanted to do asmuch as I could.” With Brind’Amour out, Staal re-sponded with perhaps the best hockey of his young career, notching 10 goals and22 assists (32 points) in those 22 games.“With the injuries we had, we neededthat one big horse,” Canes coach PeterLaviolette said. “He took control.”But it was more than just the points. Tall in stature at 6 feet 4, he became abigger man in the locker room.“He took charge,” Whitney said. “Ithink that was a good boost for theorganization, to see he’s capable of doing that.“For one, willing to do it. A lot of  young guys don’t necessarily want to dothat, to be that guy. A lot of guys just want to go play. He took it upon himself to do both — to not only play excep-tionally well down the stretch, but tomake the other guys around him better.“It was nice to see that he was willing to take it on as much as he did. He’s ourfuture captain.”But when? One almost could sense themantle beginning to be passed lastseason, Brind’Amour to Staal.“Iguess the natural thing is whenthey kick me out of here, if not sooner,he’ll definitely be doing it [captain],”Brind’Amour said. “Who knows? Butit’s almost better for him to do histhing.“If you put too much on him rightaway, who knows how that would workout? ... I think it’s just better for him todo what he’s been doing.”But there comes a time when the older veteran gives up the “C” to a moreaccomplished player — or to a younger,rising star.Dineen was once the Canes’ captain,popular and respected in the room. Yet,he gave up the “C” in 1998 to KeithPrimeau, a younger, more productiveplayer.“It’s a hard thing to do,” Dineen said.“You know it’s the right decision. Youknow you’re giving it to the right guy,but it becomes a little part of youridentity.” After Primeau, the “C”went toFrancis, who had been the captain of the Hartford Whalers at 22 and latercaptain of the Penguins.Francis came to the Hurricanes as afree agent in 1998 and was chosencaptain the next year.“I think the most important thing is you have to be yourself,” Francis said.“You have to be up front and honest anda stand-up guy. Guys appreciate thatand respect that.”Brind’Amour thinks highly of Staal, asa player, as a person. The two dressnext to each other in the locker room,and their respect for each other isevident.“Leadership, to me, is a little bit of everything,” Staal said. “It’s bringing that work ethic, bringing that desire to win every night, showing the youngerguys how to perform, how to be ready.“Rod brings all those elements. Forme, being here the last four or five years, just watching him, it really helped mygame and helped me as a leader to dothose same sort of things. That’s whatI’m going to try to bring the rest of mycareer.”Brind’Amour, in turn, has watchedStaal grow and mature. Staal has filledout physically. He’s married. He’s moreexperienced. Call him the “Big E.”In four seasons with the Canes, Staalhas missed just one game — in his rookieseason. A year ago, he was voted theMVP in the NHL All-Star Game.“Eric leads by making great plays,”Brind’Amour said. “He’s not one of thoseguys you hear say things or stand up inthe room and say things. But I think thatgets overdone, anyway.“I’ve always believed, and why I thinkhe’s going to be great, that you lead bythe way you play. If you’re busting itand you’re producing and playing thegame the way you’re supposed to play ...nobody can say anything, and everyoneelse will follow along.“I think Eric’s learned that, and I thinkhe’ll keep doing that.”Jim Rutherford, the team’s presidentand general manager, said Brind’Amour would remain the captain as long as heplays for the Canes. But he does envisionStaal continuing to take on a bigger role,as well.“I see it more as a shared leadership,”Rutherford said. “When Rod came out of our lineup last year, somebody had tostep up and be the leader, and thatopened the door for Eric, and he did iton and off the ice.“It was really his team, and at a young age. When Rod is done, that will continue, but for now it will bemore of a shared leadership with Rodand Eric.”Francis said there is a learning curvefor all young players, even Pittsburgh’sSidney Crosby, who wears the “C” for thePenguins at 21.“They have to get their feet wet andsort of earn their respect in the room,”he said. “The next step is you start totake more and more responsibility, whether it’s the way you play on the iceor in the room or off the ice with theguys.“Certainly Eric feels extremely com-fortable here now. He’s been here awhileand had the success, and I think last year was a big confidence boost for him.”Staal said he’s in no rush to wear the“C.” It’s not something he’s seeking orbelieves he now deserves.“Right now, that’s not what I’m think-ing about,” Staal said. “Right now, I’mthinking about what I can do to help ourteam win games, get back to the playoffs,because that’s where we need to be and want to be.“Whether it be Rod’s team, my teamor anybody’s team, it really doesn’tmatter. It’s about bringing your bestgame onto the ice to help your teamachieve success.” At the end of a recent practice, theCanes split up in two groups for somespeed skating. Brind’Amour led one pack,Staal led the other.It seemed picture perfect.
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ROD BRIND’AMOUR(2005-PRESENT)
‘Leadership isimportant. I think what I like about this team isit’s not about one guy.I don’t know wherethat kind of started, but the last few years it’salways been about thegroup. One night it’sgoing to be this guyleading, then this one.I think what’s goodis the young guys feelthey can lead as wellas the older guys.’
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RON FRANCIS (1999-2004)
‘I was not barkingevery day. If you barkevery day, people tuneyou out. You pick yoursituations wisely, sowhen you speak, people are listeningand understand theimportance of what you’re trying to say.At some point, it’smore than just a letteron your jersey. It’severybody in the lockerroom knowing andunderstanding what you’re saying.’
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KEVIN DINEEN (1997-1998)
‘I think you put that “C”on your chest and a lot of times it’s somethingwhere your teammatesfeel that you have somecharacter attributes. It  becomes a part of youridentity. Idon’t alwaysthink the captain of theteam is always the best  player. But there areguys who come to play,and it is about the wins.’
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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
1. INJURIES:
The Hurricanes can’t take too many more hits after losing forwardsJustin Williams and Scott Walker.
2. ROD BRIND’AMOUR’S KNEE:
The captain had reconstructive surgery on hisleft knee last season and then additional surgery in September for a cartilage tear.Can the knee hold up?
3. CAM WARD IN GOAL:
The 2006 Conn Smythe Trophy winner needs to comeclose to matching his 2006 playoff numbers (2.14 goals against, .920 save percent-age) over the course of a season.
4. POINT-ROBBING SLUMPS:
After a fast start last season, the Canes went5-10-0 from mid-November to mid-December. There can’t be a repeat.
5. THE PENALTY KILL:
The Hurricanes were 26th in the NHL (78.9 percent) lastseason. “We have to be in at least the top half,” Brind’Amour says.
Cam Ward needs to show the skills that earned him the Conn Smythe Trophy in ’06.
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Eric Staal (12) picked up the slack during the absence of captain Rod Brind’Amour last season and played some of the best hockey of his career.
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Hurricanes captain Rod Brind’Amour, left, celebrating a winning goalwith Chad LaRose, is the quintessential leader on and off the ice.
 
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 After letting PeterLavio-lette dangle for more than a month afterthe season, Jim Rutherford made sure tounderline the coach’s job security long before this seasonever started.“I don’t want toenter the season withanybody being underthe gun,”Rutherford,the Carolina Hurri-canes’ general man-ager, said before train-ing camp opened. “Idon’t think that’s fair. We made the changes we felt were necessary in the offseason.“If Iwanted to put somebody under thegun, Iwould have made whatever change... in the offseason.” That was the smart thing to say. Now,Rutherford has to stick to his guns.If the Hurricanes don’t get off to a goodstart, and they face a difficult early sched-ule, Laviolette may be shopping forasbestos pants.It shouldn’t be an issue. With the talent the Hurricanes have,a third straight season out of the playoffs would be unacceptable. If that’s the case,thenLaviolette should go, for the sake of change as much as anything else. But we’re not there yet. Not even close. While Laviolette bears some share of the blame for the Hurricanes’ strugglesthe past two seasons, he’s hardly alonein that department. He has shown hecan win at every level, and there’s no rea-son he can’t win again this season.If the Hurricanes wanted Laviolettegone, the time to fire him was the middleof last season, when the team was strug-gling and Laviolette appeared power-less to change the situation. As it turned out, he wasn’t, and theaddition of Joe Corvo and his willing-ness to give larger roles to minor leaguecall-ups gave him the resources he neededto get the Canes pointed in the rightdirection (his much-debated decision torush Matt Cullen, Ray Whitney and Justin Williams back into the lineup during thefinal week of the season aside).Instead, theCanes waited until afterthe season to let it be known how un-happy they were with his performance —Rutherford practically begged a radio re-porter to ask him if Laviolette was “underevaluation” during his end-of-season newsconference — but the team let the issuesimmer until a meeting between Lavioletteand team owner Peter Karmanos on May16 put the situation to rest.Only later did we find out Laviolettenever held exit meetings with his play-ers, a breach of protocol that could havecost him his job. But if it didn’t then, itshouldn’t now.It doesn’t do anyone any good to haveLaviolette’s job status hanging over thisteam.Rutherford has said the rightthings so far, but it’s easy to say theright things in September and a lottougher to do it when a team is strug-gling in November. The Canes owe Laviolette the securityto coach the team the way he feels heneeds to do it, with long-term goals inmind instead of a must-win mentality.Coaches worried about the next game inNovember end up with tired goalies and worn out top-line players in April. It’s along season.Now, if the Canes reach January orFebruary mired in the same malaise thatcost them a playoff spot last season, byall means a coaching change should beconsidered. But not right away.It’s a new season. The roster, partic-ularly on defense, is practically built fromscratch, and Laviolette deserves a cleanstart as well. Holding him responsible forpast transgressions isn’t fair to him, theplayers or the fans.It was the right decision to stick withhim. Now the team needs to stick withthat decision.
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For Ray Whitney of the Carolina Hurricanes, winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 was exhilarating and intoxicat-ing.“To be honest with you, it’ssuch a high emotionally that it’slike a drug,” the Canes’ veteran winger said. “When you do it,and you think back to that night,for the players who were thereand the feeling it created, I don’tthink too many drugs wouldhave gotten us any higher thanthat feeling.“You want that back. When you do it, you want to do it againeven more. It’s just an unbe-lievable feeling, but it’s anincredibly hard thing to do.” A lot goes into winning “thattrophy,” as the Canes’ Eric Staalcalled it.Good talent. Good coaching. A good, productive system.Good health. Good goaltend-ing. Maybe a little luck, too.“You need that energy andthat work ethic and the chem-istry and making sure everyoneis doing their job,” Staal said.“All those things have to cometogether.” While winning the StanleyCup is the ultimate objective,making the playoffs is a moreimmediate goal. The Hurricaneshaven’t done that the past twoseasons, falling just short lastseason when they were over-run by the surging WashingtonCapitals at the end and failedto win the Southeast Division.“It’s hard to make the play-offs,” defenseman FrantisekKaberle said. “With theeconomics [salary cap] in theleague, all the teams are prettyeven these days.“You have to be at your bestthroughout the whole season.Especially in the middle, inDecember and January, it’simportant you win because atthe end you need every pointto make the playoffs.” A slide in late November andearly December last seasonrobbed the Canes of thosepoints. By year’s end, a 43-33-6record wasn’t good enough.“Every team has its ups anddowns in a season. Ours was alittle too long,” defensemanNiclas Wallin said. The Canes also had a stag-gering 337 man-games lost inthe season because of injuriesand illness. That was 70 morethan in the 2006 season. The Hurricanes already haveabsorbed some hits. ForwardJustin Williams tore an Achillestendon in September, sidelining him for four to six months.Forward Scott Walker hadsurgery this week for a ligamentinjury to his left hand and willmiss the first six weeks of theseason.Still, the players believeenough pieces are in place, not just to reach the playoffs againbut to be a contender. The tradefor defenseman Joni Pitkanenshould give the Canes morepunch from the blue line. GoalieCam Ward has the potentialto be one of the NHL’s bestgoalies. Staal is a proven scorer. The power play should bepotent.“I think it’s a good, well-rounded team,” defensemanJoe Corvo said. “I feel prettyconfident. I don’t see anybodybeating up on us.” Williams should return atsome point, bolstering the linesand adding a scoring threat.“He can be back for the criticalstretch of the season,” generalmanager Jim Rutherford said.Missing the playoffs the pasttwo seasons has cost the teammillions of dollars and left every-one in a funk. Attendance tooka slight dip last season.Should the Canes fail toreach the playoffs, some toughdecisions could be made aboutpersonnel and coaches. Man-agement might decide to movein another direction. The coregroup that won the Cup couldbe dissolved.“You’re always evaluating,”Rutherford said.In 2006, the Canes won 16playoff games in a grind thatcaptain Rod Brind’Amourequated to climbing MountEverest. There were clutchgoals, clutch victories and, inthe end, a Stanley Cup.“Our goal is to win opening night, our goal is to win ourdivision, our goal is to win theStanley Cup,” coach PeterLaviolette said. “Our job is toget to the playoffs and competefor that thing.“It’s not an easy job to get tothe end of the road, but it’severybody’s goal, and it’s cer-tainly ours.”
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ERIC STAAL
6-4, 205
ROD BRIND‘AMOUR
6-1, 205
RAY WHITNEY
5-10, 180
MATT CULLEN
6-1, 200
SERGEI SAMSONOV
5-8, 188
SCOTT WALKER
5-10, 196
TUOMO RUUTU
6-0, 200
PATRICK EAVES
5-11, 190
CHAD L
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ROSE
5-10, 181
BRANDON SUTTER
6-3, 183
RYAN BAYDA
5-11, 185
WADE BROOKBANK
6-4, 225
DAN L
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COUTURE
6-2, 215
ZACH BOYCHUK
5-10, 180
DEFENSEMEN
JONI PITKANEN
6-3, 200
TIM GLEASON
6-0, 217
JOE CORVO
6-0, 204
FRANTISEK KABERLE
6-0, 190
NICLAS WALLIN
6-3, 220
DENNIS SEIDENBERG
6-1, 210
ANTON BABCHUK
6-5, 212
JOSEF MELICHAR
6-2, 220
GOALTENDERS
CAM WARD
6-1, 183
MICHAEL LEIGHTON
6-3, 186
Although he didn’t have an answer for the Canes’ midseason woes, coach Peter Laviolette, left, led the team to the cusp of the playoffs last season.
STAFF FILE PHOTO BY JASON ARTHURS
Laviolette deserves another chance
Canes’ first goal: playoffs
Veterans know what it takes to win Stanley Cup, but Carolina must reach postseason first 
The Canes will need Justin Williams to return strong in order to lift the Stanley Cup again.
STAFF FILE PHOTO BY CHRIS SEWARD
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