Carolina Hurricanes head coach, Rod Brind’Amour, takes some time to talk with Adam about their game opener tonight!

Rod Brind'Amour before we go anywhere any further, let me congratulate you on being in the inaugural class of the hurricane's Hall of Fame great. They were recognized without ill.

I think it will be special night for approval guys going to start wrongly loud and fun for friends and noticed it all around. I mean, I couldn't even nominate you I'm I'm kind of upset about that.

I have this I have this long long essay about Rod Brind'Amour but I just I wasn't allowed to use it and didn't know quite all right. Seems like you've been off for a long time. You don't normally take well to to layoffs what are your fears about not having played a game in eight days during the start been a little slow. Mark that would impact our goal will see hopefully no later are they cancel all game goes with the team in Columbus with a lot of offense of firepower adding Johnny Goudreau to a team that already had Patrick Lyon a Jacob or Jack Zachary and scheme just seems like they can definitely come at you offense of focus to the leaky yogurt is where every night working late any duties at work about 13 hours but group learn about art. Our guys were quite hard. What was the level of competition for jobs at training camp because there were spots available both at the bottom of the forward group and the bottom of the defense group.

So what was that like for you because there were a lot of guys fighting for. Not that many spots this year like we were?

Where will you know which way and live a good option.

Maybe.use.my deeper option that we will narrow down three guys at night.

But you know your there's no question is deep.

There's death is also versatility you have a bunch of guys who could play center who could play wing.

I know it looks like Paul Stastny will line up with joy install and yes Provence and we know he's not consider that line is that will be number 11's job, but the versatility of your lineup has to be something that you like you were out of line will move around and help don't know you well in all articles changing the way at all.

What is it just make sense. Jarvis and Martin natures fit into the system in terms of being potential face-off option. They took some face-offs know if that was more by necessity or anything during the preseason, but are they part of your mix. I know Derek step onto the lineup tonight and he'll ill be your only right-handed center.

But how do natures and Jarvis kind of alleviate any problem. While it is a problem with it all you know how to write out a settlement like you mentioned in matters such advantage right. He left the circle so we work with match in and enjoy every role over the years that you will more about the know it will be initiated.

I think I got a crack at taking out and if they can handle that bonus for our group. Where do you think this team is better may be, then other teams that you guys have put on the ice specially for the opener in your now five years as head coach of the fourth amendment outward better. You want to get better every year. I think I love more experienced that we are more veteran group now that our young guys regrown all that we made bodyguards that are around the logo and get what it takes to prepare all about so I would hope that that you know, writing pictures kind of the way this is what is this off-season been like in terms of using the disappointment of the end of last year for guys like Sebastian table Tara Vining, Andres Metzner called how do you think they've used the end of last year to get them ready for this year. I think there's always that you don't reach out to during last year we did get there more fuel fired. Hopefully help today, but certainly get opportunity again I think that's where really they understand the long rope. I ask you just kind of following up in terms of the terms inspection costs as I thought he was good but the production wasn't there necessarily in the postseason white-water water one or two things you can point your finger to on in terms of Andres game that needs to just take another step forward while year and you aren't going to stop their I think you ought not to use thing is for sure still like to go but you do that you mention the Goudreau on the other you want to think you know moving toward your backscatter player you want tonight against the blue jackets and only 81 more of these to go belly