Sportsnet: Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour on 99.9 The Fan mentioned that Mikko Rantanen was by no means thinking about signing a contract extension with the Hurricanes.
“There’s not been one man that has left right here as a result of they didn’t prefer it right here. That was aside from Mikko,” Brind’Amour mentioned. “And he didn’t not prefer it. When he confirmed, he mentioned, ‘There’s 4 groups I’ll go play for, however you’re not one in all them.’
Sportsnet: Mikko Rantanen’s agent Andy Scott says that Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour is totally misinformed about his feedback that Rantanen
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Mike Futa: “So simply to know, as a result of I’ve received a lot respect for Rod Brind’Amour, however we performed his interview earlier than you got here on, and I had, I imply, I’d learn it, nevertheless it’s first time I’ve heard it. So he quote, he mentioned, “when he confirmed up, he mentioned, there’s 4 groups I’ll go play for it, however you’re not one in all them.”
So, I imply, there’s at all times a little bit of disconnect.”
Scott: “So, we’ve received a ton of respect.”
Futa: “There’s a disconnect generally between a coach and a administration close to occurring, however that doesn’t appear, go at that, that was the precise quote.”
Scott: “Yeah, yeah. So we’ve received, we’ve received a ton of respect for Brind’Amour, each as a participant and a coach, however on this scenario, he’s fully misinformed.
And, , Mikko, when he was traded, , we have been solely centered on Colorado. So there was, there was no checklist of any form. And in reality, when he arrived there, , I met with him within the days following, and he was holding a totally open thoughts about, about Carolina, and about that crew, and about that scenario.
And so, , he, he felt it out. And, , simply it didn’t make sense from extra of a hockey standpoint. You realize, a method of play standpoint for him. And it was nothing private. He thinks, , , very extremely of Rod Brind’Amour. He thinks extremely of, , all these, all these teammates of his in Carolina for that time period.
And, however, , this can be a participant that had a proper to find out the place he was going to play for the following eight years of his profession. And , he gave it a number of thought. Even at 4 Nations. We have been speaking throughout 4 Nations, after 4 Nations.
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And he had not made up his thoughts, and finally, he did make up his thoughts, and, and we helped Carolina by offering an inventory of groups at that stage, when it comes to the place he would go. However that, that, that’s the fact. That’s how this unfolded and so something in any other case is, is, is simply not the case.”
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