When the Carolina Hurricanes appointed former Stanley Cup-winning captain Rod Brind’Amour as the team’s Head Coach in May 2018, one of his first tasks was to resolve the team’s captaincy. The Canes had been running with Jordan Staal and Justin Faulk as co-captains, but it was clear that Justin Williams was already the leader in the locker room:
“I think the world of [him] and I think everyone in this room does too,” Faulk said. “I don’t know if we maybe thought the best situation was co-captains anyways. I don’t know if many people did.