I am only concerned about the on-ice product/hockey operations. I think the current management structure of the Flames is superfluous. Burke has been President and GM before. Burke has proved himself capable of handling both roles, so all of this is very much in name only as far as the on-ice product and hockey operations is concerned because Burke still calls the shots.
For other teams with an inexperienced President, there's really just another guy between the GM and the owners. Someone has to hire a GM and it might as well be a "hockey guy". The key is who really makes the hockey decisions? Here it's clearly going to be Burke. In other places, having an inexperienced President doesn't matter if you have a capable GM who makes the decisions.
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