Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour mentioned Tuesday he plans to rejoin the normal post-series handshake line sooner or later after stepping apart on the request of Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice following final week’s season-ending loss in Sport 5 of the Japanese Convention Closing. Whereas Brind’Amour didn’t count on the request, he mentioned he revered Maurice’s reasoning — even when he did not totally agree.
“It’s the gamers. In fact it’s,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “These guys are those which are battling on the market and we’re simply sitting again there. Not alongside for the journey. We invested a ton into it. So I get his level. It’s concerning the gamers. I suppose my tackle it now, sitting again on it, reflection, we speak about graciously dropping and I’ve had some fairly impactful recollections and moments in that line as a coach going by it.”
Brind’Amour mentioned the handshake line nonetheless holds private that means for him, pointing to Carolina’s first-round sequence win over New Jersey, the place a number of former Hurricanes have been on the Devils’ roster.
“I believe shifting ahead, I will in all probability return to it simply because it is a signal of respect,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “That is the best way I have a look at it. We’re not on the market on the ice battling, however we’re proper in there with these guys. In order that’s my take. I believe you are entitled to no matter one you need. He gained, so I form of went, ‘Okay, I am gonna observe your lead.’ However I do suppose it is vital, to me anyway, to point out respect to the gamers.”
Maurice defined his stance after the series-clinching win that despatched the reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers again to the Closing, saying he wished the second to belong solely to the gamers. A short on-ice alternate close to the benches caught consideration because the coaches shared what seemed to be an animated however respectful dialog concerning the resolution.
“There’s one thing for me visually, with the digicam on of simply the boys who performed, blocked photographs, who fought for one another, it is finish of 1’s season, it is pleasure for the opposite,” Maurice mentioned. “The very last thing {that a} participant on the Carolina Hurricanes deserves is 50 extra guys in fits. They don’t know who they’re, and that is not a adverse. There’s one thing actually form of stunning about simply the digicam on these males who performed shaking fingers. And we should always respect that.”
Florida faces the Edmonton Oilers in a Stanley Cup Closing rematch, with Sport 1 set for Wednesday.
