Apparently former Canucks AGM Laurence Gilman on the short list for Cane's vacant GM spot. He's a great hockey mind and a deep knowledge of the CBA and asset management. Hope he gets it. Linden should never have let him go in the first place.

@LukeDeCock
The optics on No. 9 are terrible but that's the price Ron Francis pays for having the press release say "reassigned" instead of "fired." And if he were a less cautious GM he'd still be in his office. Any new owner was going to suss that out. Tough biz, even for franchise legends.

Waddell brings in his old buddy from Atlanta Rick Dudley as VP.

My guess is Dundon will make the real decisions while these two keep their egos stroked into the twilight of their hockey careers.

Dudley's a hard guy to really pin down. He's been everywhere and gets credit for some good moves (I think he was the GM of the Thrashers or something like that when they traded for guys like Byfuglien and Ladd from the Hawks) but he's also been around for some lousy moves too. This is probably best for everyone since Dundon doesn't seem interested in giving a front office guy the money or autonomy to run the show.

Dudley's T.B. draft tenure(2000-2001) was legendary with E.L. Svitov, Artyukhin and Alexeev. All your large Russian forwards are belong to us!

This Canes team needs to figure out how to turn all these loose pieces into a superstar and a goalie. No one's really untoucheable as long as you get something better in return. They've got tons of assets that can be traded for a star. A centre for Svechnikov would be a start, then a real goalie. Throw 12M at Carter Hutton.