It would have taken a pretty big piece of news this week to overshadow the Hurricanes returning to the ice under Phase 2 of the NHL’s return to play plan. Tuesday, one emerged.
Luke DeCock of the News & Observer first reported Tuesday that long-time television play by play announcer John Forslund’s contract was about to expire, and the two sides hadn’t made progress on a new deal (Tripp Tracy’s deal was also up but he has re-signed). Wednesday, Mark Armstrong of ABC11 spoke to Forslund, as well as general manager Don Waddell, who said it would be fair to call Forslund a financial casualty of coronavirus if he moved on.