— Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour has had a little bit of time to process the incredible season his team had by reaching the Eastern Conference final in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Now, the focus turns to the NHL Draft later this week.

Brind'Amour was on the "Adam and Joe" show on Monday and discussed the incredible season and how the team is preparing for the draft, which runs this Friday-Saturday. Brind'Amour was recently in Canada for a charity function and he said people continue to approach him about the amazing season the Hurricanes had.

"You just keep moving on," Brind'Amour said about the season. "I don't know if we've had time to unwind. Raleigh is looking to how we get better, the draft, free agency, we're trying to sign our players. It just seems to never end."

The Canes made the postseason for the first time since the 2008-09 season, based in part by a hot second half to the season and the spark that fired the team up with the "Bunch of Jerks" comment made by CBC commentator Don Cherry back in February. It created a buzz around the NHL and helped ignite support for the Canes in their path to the playoffs. From there, they knocked off the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders before falling to the Boston Bruins.

"I wouldn't say we overachieved but we kind of did," Brind'Amour said. "We got the most out of our guys, so I guess that's not overachieving. Everybody gave everything they could. You look down the line, everybody played really well and obviously we had a fairly successful season because of it.

"It's not what we wanted to do as far as how we finished. That finish will always leave a bad taste in our mouth. Hopefully that's the motivation for next year to keep getting better.