The Hurricanes held their end-of-season media availability with Rod Brind’Amour and Don Waddell Thursday, and wasted little time announcing that one of the team’s biggest pieces of offseason business had been taken care of. The team signed Brind’Amour, who was up for a new deal, to a three-year contract extension.
Brind’Amour a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s coach of the year this season, has led the Canes to the playoffs in three straight years for the first time in franchise history, and to its first division title since 2005-06 this past season. He’s gone 120-66-20 in his three seasons, and his .