from Luke DeCock of the News & Observer,

Thomas Dundon's imminent takeover of the Carolina Hurricanes – the sale from Peter Karmanos could be finalized as early as the end of this week – will usher in a new era for the team, and without a doubt, a very different one.

For the first time since the franchise moved here in 1997, everything is on the table, from changing the logo and colors to the fan experience to how the building is managed.

Based on Dundon's friendship with Mark Cuban, expect the players (and their families) to be treated in ways this franchise has never before even considered, from how they travel to how they eat to how they train to how they recover.

Based on how he has run his businesses in the past, expect Dundon to personally evaluate every single aspect of the franchise, from hockey operations to ticket sales to marketing to concessions to game presentation to parking to broadcasting to merchandising to accounting.

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