The press release announcing that Chuck Kaiton, John Forslund and Tripp Tracy have renewed their broadcast contracts with the Carolina Hurricanes arrives every few summers and no one gives it much thought. Of course they’re back in the booth. Who else would it be?
Even though this seems like a given, since Kaiton and Forslund have called every locally broadcast Hurricanes game since the team arrived in North Carolina, it’s anything but. They have both turned down opportunities elsewhere, and Forslund’s frequent (and outstanding) work for NBC makes him a potential replacement for Doc Emrick somewhere down the road.