my bet is that if they do change the hockey ops role soon, it won't affect the GM, at least for now.
Biggest draft, perhaps in the history of the franchise, no way they add further distraction to that. especially when the draft hasn't been a glaring weakness of the current leadership.
However, there should be pressure to meet whatever the ownership's targets for success are (ie. positive progress yearly, not stuck in the rebuild rut for 3 years), as the GM should know he either prove himself to his new management, or management will be willing to push to get "their guy".
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