Former NHL Executive Brian Lawton (6/16/26)
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Hello, Brian. How are you? Fantastic, Bob. How are you? Good. I think we should be open with people here. You and me have lots of conversations, and I think we sort of hinted to it. You have a pretty unique relationship with Carolina owner Tom Dundon, don't you?
I do. I know Tom quite well. He's a terrific human being. Couldn't be happier for him. Or Tyler Dello, for that matter. As all the listeners know, when you're working in this business, to win a Stanley Cup is by far the most enjoyable and most important thing that you're working towards. So congratulations to both those guys. They've been knocking on the door for quite a while. Happy and thrilled for them to see him get it done this year.
Is it fair to say Dundon and the Hurricanes do it differently?
You know, Tom came into this league and a lot of people, you know, he doesn't wear a suit. He'll tell you that. It's just not his style. He has some different views on the value of different people in an organization. But, you know, knowing Tom, I think he's brilliant and I'm happy to see him get to this level because I think it takes a lot of pressure off of a lot of the things that people have talked about. You know, they don't necessarily pay everybody according to the same pay structure as everyone else in the league. And yet I don't know anybody that values his coach more than Tom Dundon does with Roddy Brindabor, of course. And he's just, he's gone a different path. It's worked. It's worked way better than just this acknowledgement of winning the Stanley Cup.
They've made the playoffs every year since he's been an owner. His timing was good on that. Most people understand that, but he's kept it going. They make these incredible decisions. You may have heard of people talking about Bussey in the finals and he's going to get paid and all these different things. Those guys were ahead of it. They already re-signed him. to a pretty darn good deal. And that's what Carolina does. They get ahead of things. They have a different management team. But at the end of the day, it works. And all you can do when you're in this business is say congratulations. They earned it. They deserved it. They were the better team. And I'm thrilled for them.
They were jokingly referred to by maybe some of the scribes that weren't fans of, you know, a push from the analytics side as, quote, unquote, the Carolina Brainiacs. This is a team that's going to, and I'm going to assume they're going to be able to move out Jesperi Kokkaniemi. This is a team that is going to have a lot of cap space carrying forward here.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:41
2
Who is Brian Lawton and what is his background in the NHL?
5:41–7:46
3
What unique strategies does Tom Dundon employ with the Carolina Hurricanes?
7:46–19:04
4
How does Carolina's management approach player contracts and cap space?
19:04–20:44