After signing a contract extension, GM Ron Francis spoke on the issue during an interview, “We’ll be very patient going into the season (and) see how things play out,” Francis said. “If we’re comfortable putting the ‘C’ on somebody we’ll do that. If we want to take the route of multiple assistant captains we’ll look at that as well.”
Though the title of captain is an important one to an organization, the Carolina Hurricanes aren’t going to rush into a captain that doesn’t make sense. The organization will take a long hard look at the roster and the locker room to see if anyone is deserving.