The Carolina Hurricanes have two verified candidates for the head-coaching job, and neither is a surprise.
Canes assistant coach Rod Brind’Amour says he wants to be considered, and he is.
Mike Vellucci, the head coach of the Charlotte Checkers in the AHL, also is in the mix, interim GM Don Waddell said Friday.
A week after Bill Peters resigned as coach, Waddell said there have been “20 or so” inquiries about the job opening. They starting coming soon after Peters, the Canes’ coach the past four seasons, opted out of the final year of his contract to become the Calgary Flames coach.