The Carolina Hurricanes are going to do things a bit differently under Tom Dundon’s ownership. That much we’re sure of. An owner conducting the exit interviews? Hiring a head coach and general manager independently of each other? Moving everyone downstairs and not worrying about the price paid to get in the door? Yeah, it’s a new day.
Plenty of what’s gone on so far is anathema to Hockey People who are very set in their knowledge that things in the NHL are to be done the Right Way. But while Dundon thumbs his nose at the establishment, intent on doing things his own way, in some ways he’s actually following a different blueprint: that of the most popular sport on the planet.