{"id":28100,"date":"2018-04-30T17:31:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=28100"},"modified":"2018-04-30T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:31:32","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-terminate-ron-francis-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/04\/30\/carolina-hurricanes-terminate-ron-francis-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Terminate Ron Francis Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> have announced that they terminated the contract of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Francis<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Carolina Hurricanes have terminated the contract of Ron Francis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0eGH0fuZfd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0eGH0fuZfd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canes\/status\/991029686884077569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Hurricanes Terminate Francis&#8217; Contract<\/h1>\n<p>The Carolina Hurricanes have announced\u00a0that they have terminated the contract of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Francis<\/a>. In early March the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/03\/07\/ron-francis-carolina-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurricanes named Francis the President of Hockey Operations<\/a> after relieving him of his general manager duties. This season, The Hurricanes finished sixth in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 36-35-11. In the three-plus seasons with Francis as general manager, the Canes went 130-130-53 and failed to make the playoffs in all three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Francis made a few moves that didn&#8217;t pan out during his three years as general manager. He signed Goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/darlisc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Darling<\/a><\/strong> to a four-year, $16 Million dollar contract\u00a0which included a modified no-trade clause. Darling was 13-21-7 this year with a 3.18 GAA and sub.900 SV% in 43 games.\u00a0 He also signed forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/raskvi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Rask<\/a><\/strong> to a six-year $24 Million contract. Rask had 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points in 71 games this year. Rask underwent shoulder surgery at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>The Hurricanes are currently in the process of revamping their front office. The Hurricanes essentially fired Francis in early March when they relieved him of his duties as general manager and named him president of hockey operations. They also just announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/04\/30\/don-waddell-gm-carolina-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dean Waddell will continue to serve as their GM\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes will look to rebuild around their young forwards like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ahose01,ahose02&amp;search=Sebastian+Aho&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian Aho<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/teravte01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teuvo Teravainen<\/a><\/strong>. The Canes also have a young defensive\u00a0core with <strong>Jaccob\u00a0Slavin<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hanifno01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Hanifin<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/faulkju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Faulk<\/a><\/strong>, and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pescebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Pesce<\/a><\/strong>. They also hold the second pick in the 2018\u00a0NHL Draft and are expected to take right winger <strong>Andrei Svechnikov<\/strong> with the second overall pick according to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/04\/29\/2018-nhl-mock-draft-lottery-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Kerr&#8217;s 2018 NHL Mock Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes also announced that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nieuwjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Nieuwendyk<\/a><\/strong> has resigned from his position as pro scout and advisor. Nieuwendyk was a former General Manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ahIz3WAjSyRUeT8u_KHCuw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/542852368\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ahIz3WAjSyRUeT8u_KHCuw',sig:'p7FYGrIm3selfjtu-ph0R3j7_jRYVIk4u9FOAVRsKKA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'542852368',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes have announced that they terminated the contract of Ron Francis. The Carolina Hurricanes have terminated the contract of Ron Francis. https:\/\/t.co\/0eGH0fuZfd &mdash; Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 30, 2018 Hurricanes Terminate Francis&#8217; Contract The Carolina Hurricanes have announced\u00a0that they have terminated the contract of Ron Francis. 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