The Montreal Canadiens lost their Vice President of Hockey Operations earlier this week as Rick Dudley left the organization to take on a similar role with the Carolina Hurricanes. His contract was set to expire, so it seems his departure was a mutual agreement with general manager Marc Bergevin.
National Hockey League teams have been assembling much larger management group in recent years. It wasn’t long ago that there weren’t many more people around than a general manager, a president and a handful of scouts who were out and about drinking awful coffee.
Today, most teams, especially the wealthy ones like the Canadiens, had to hammer out a few walls in the press box to make room for more chairs.