The Eastern Conference Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers features a plethora of storylines, but the one that will perhaps dictate every other, is the battle between student and teacher, the mental chess battle that will take place between Rod Brind’Amour and Paul Maurice.
The relationship between the two head coaches stretches for over a decade. Maurice coached Brind’Amour for nine seasons, nearly half of his playing career, but more significantly, he was also the one who introduced Rod to coaching.
“The career ends and hockey starts and we had a need and so the perfect question was, what do you want to do?