Carolina’s 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets has some Hurricanes fans adding a question mark to the tagline, “In Rod We Trust.” The win, in which the Canes defense backstopped by the wiley-as-usual Pyotr Kochetkov kept the Jackets scoreless for 2 periods, was the second in three games for the Canes who are 12-8-0 and 2nd in the Metro with 24 points. But is it time, even after the disappointing 8-2 loss to Tampa Bay, to make those question marks permanent? Should we really be questioning our trust in Rod?
By no stretch of the imagination is it at all the time to question Rod Brind’Amour’s ability to field the team and there are plenty of reasons to leave this question out of your mind.