Yahoo Sports reports: A big smile filled Rod Brind'Amour's face after he and the Carolina Hurricanes finally reached the Stanley Cu Final, busting through the roadblock that stopped them so many times in his first eight seasons as coach. Across the country hours earlier, John Tortorella refused to answer a question about what he was like 22 years ago when he coached Tampa Bay to the Cup. The following day, he was in no mood to compare himself to Brind'Amour.