I think alot depends upon support structure. Seriously, Shanahan runs ALL business and hockey operations? People spend their lives training for one of those things, never mind running both...so he needs to have a strong support structure. Linden only has hockey operations, and he is only replacing one GM (and maybe a coach and his staff haha), so i think that Linden will be better off.
I just don't know enough about the support structures in either franchise...but whichever is strongest will get up to speed quickest.
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