And away we go into the most uncertain offseason in Carolina Hurricanes history, a summer when no one – maybe even Tom Dundon – really has any idea what's going to happen.
As many as nine players could potentially have played their last game in a Carolina uniform in Saturday night's overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, there's still no general manager to replace Ron Francis and coach Bill Peters could be on his way out as well.
Dundon will presumably shed light on his plans later today, when the players clean out their lockers and the new owner meets with the media – and the coach, curiously, will not – but the team's ninth straight playoff miss, the uncertainty surrounding Peters and the unfilled vacancy in the front office certainly argues for some kind of change in direction, albeit short of a complete rebuild.