After 'Dancing,' Yamaguchi plans a move to the West Coast

As "Dancing With the Stars" comes to an end, what does the future hold for Kristi Yamaguchi and her husband Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Bret Hedican?

Hedican's contract with the Hurricanes is finished, and his future with them -- and maybe hockey -- is up in the air.

"I'm not sure what the future holds in Carolina, as far as I'm concerned," Hedican says. "I haven't had a chance to talk to [general manager] Jim Rutherford, which I do plan on doing when I come back, sitting down with him. Right after the season ended, it was a day or two, and I left right away to come out and see Kristi, and I'm down here taking care of the two girls."

Both Hedican and Yamaguchi say that, even if "Dancing" hadn't happened, they would probably be considering plans to move to Northern California, where they've had a summer home for a few years. Hedican says they'll likely sell their Raleigh home, in any case, as they've "grown out of it" since they had kids.

"I'm a California girl," Yamaguchi says. "I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. It's pretty much the place where we figure we're going to settle and raise our children. Right now, Bret doesn't have a contract, so we're just planning to settle in California through the summer and see what happens."

Soon, Hedican says, they will sit down and talk about future career plans for both of them. "Dancing With the Stars," he says, "has opened a lot of doors for her."

Read more of Danny Hooley's interview with Kristi Yamaguchi in Tuesday's Life, etc. section. Watch Yamaguchi on "Dancing With the Stars" at 8 tonight, and catch the season finale at 9 p.m. Tuesday on ABC.