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Originally Posted by liamenator
I think it was later than that, and had to do with ongoing clashes with the infamous Ron Bremner.
IIRC, Lanny was involved pretty substantially in the GM search that saw Craig Button hired. When he stepped down shortly thereafter, a lot of speculation was that Lanny was mad not to have been selected as GM himself, or at least given a plumb role in hockey ops. Lanny denied it, but something had soured him on the organization and he didn't come back until Ken King wooed him shortly after taking over.
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Forgot about Bremner.
McDonald was the GM for Team Canada at the World Championships in 2001 and 2002. Then returned as their director of hockey ops in 2004.