"FILE - In this Thursday, July 18, 2019 file photo, Ron Francis talks to reporters in Seattle after he was introduced as the first general manager for Seattle's yet-to-be-named NHL hockey expansion team. Four years since George McPhee was a ""puppet master"" of the NHL leading up to the Vegas expansion draft, general managers approached this trade deadline with Seattle's upcoming addition to the league in mind. While Kraken GM Ron Francis prepares – and maybe made a handshake deal or two already like McPhee did – Seattle was on his colleagues' minds.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)"
{}