Rod Brind'Amour aimed to build a perennial contender. He's made the Carolina Hurricanes exactly that

Rod Brind'Amour remembers those early days as a first-time head coach for a franchise that had gone nearly a decade without reaching the playoffs. It's a moment immortalized in Raleigh by Brind'Amour snatching the Cup before Commissioner Gary Bettman could even put down his microphone during the presentation, giving it a long kiss and then hoisting it with a scream.