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Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour retires, takes unspecified front-office job with 'Canes

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind'Amour is retiring after 21 NHL seasons to take an unspecified front-office job with the Carolina Hurricanes .The team's former captain said Wednesday that his decision was made simpler after he talked with general manager Jim Rutherford and they decided the aging veteran wouldn't fit with the Hurricanes' rebuilding plan.Trying to find a roster spot on another team "never, ever felt right," he said, and Rutherford asked him to remain with the organization in some capacity."The only question would be how much do I want to play" for another team, Brind'Amour said. "When I knew for sure the direction the team was going and I wasn't going to be a part of it as a player, and (Rutherford) said, 'We want you to come on and do whatever — we'll figure that out. Just be a part of our organization.'"I said, 'I'm done. It's over,'" he added. "I don't want to go play anymore, and certainly don't want to play anywhere else."Brind'Amour would have made $3 million in 2010...

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