Tom Dundon - Carolina Hurricanes Owner
The Full 60 with Craig Custance
The Athletic
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Tom Dundon, the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes spends the Full60 with Craig to talk about owning the Canes, the tough decisions he had to make in the beginning and the respect he has for Don Waddell and Rod Brind'Amour. Tom praises the tireless work of the front office, including Eric Tulsky and Darren Yorke, analytics and the difficult decisions that were made moving on from Chuck Kaiton and John Forslund.
Plus Tom discusses the infamous offer-sheet on Sebastian Aho, his respect and admiration for Andrei Svechnikov and how he fits in with his fellow NHL owners at the BOG meetings.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic. Each week we'll |
| 0:12.1 | dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain |
| 0:17.7 | all aspects of the game. Hey, this is Craig and welcome to this week's episode of the full 60. |
| 0:23.6 | I am thrilled to be joined right now by the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Tom Dundon, |
| 0:29.6 | and his team, as we stand now, is, it looked really good. |
| 0:35.6 | And it's been a weird year and a weird year for Carolina, especially, |
| 0:40.0 | but, you know, we're starting to see things really come to fruition. So first of all, Tom, |
| 0:45.4 | thank you for doing this. Let's start there. It's good to be with you. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:49.9 | All right. So early impressions of your team, let's just start very, let's start right there. |
| 0:54.5 | You have to feel pretty good with how things have started with the hurricanes. |
| 0:59.4 | Yeah, winning's fun, right? |
| 1:00.7 | That's why we do it. |
| 1:01.7 | So, so far so good. |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.3 | I mean, there's, there's, it's such a strange time. |
| 1:08.6 | And I think especially so as an owner of an NHL team. |
| 1:14.8 | And so let me just start logistically. |
| 1:16.8 | Like how are you taking in these games? |
| 1:18.7 | And what has that experience been like for you? |
| 1:21.9 | Well, I watch on TV like everybody else. |
| 1:24.8 | So it's not that abnormal for me just because I don't live in the same town as my team. |
| 1:34.2 | So it's been about the same other than maybe I'll catch a few less live games, obviously, this year than I would have. |
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