Tomorrow night, while the Hurricanes are taking the ice at the Cat Box to (hopefully) beat down the Florida Panthers, Ron Francis will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

What can I say about Ron Francis that hasn’t already been said?  The man oozes class out of every pore. He was, for the new incarnation of the team that drafted him, so much more than a great center and captain. He was the man that gave this team “legitimacy”. He was the cornerstone, the bedrock of this team in more ways than one. He was–is–the franchise.

Congratulations, Ronnie.