As far as Bean, he was hired by Ken King for the buisness/new building side at least 7 years ago, and inherited the role KK (RIP), but is nowhere near the spokesperson (nor does her purport to be) King was.
But, it's what the Flames have in the structure, and with Edwards out of country there does seem to be a bit of a void between the team and the owners. Maybe an executive hire (like Burke was) at some level above Maloney will come to fill that void and as a general spokesperson for the team, and then that person will have a strong say as to who the GM is.
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