John Forslund is a Carolina Hurricanes institution, serving as television play-by-play announcer for the team since its move to Raleigh and years before, too, with the Hartford Whalers. But what if his tenure had been cut short by a full-time gig at NBC along the way, or could be so sometime in the next few years with a national job opening upon the retirement of Doc Emrick?
It’s hard to imagine Forslund forgoing an extension with the Canes during any point of his career thus far, assuming contract negotiations went fairly and smoothly. Forslund was with the franchise when it moved to North Carolina and said he took pride in the fact that he was a part of the growth of a “burgeoning team.