NotOpie
"Puck don't lie"
Francis may have also been an advocate, but it's pretty clear based on JR's statement that it was Kron and MacDonald that drove that pick.
Guilty as charged....even though I'm a one-time English major my superior reading skills don't always come into play.
The point still stands. Those were the guys that I specifically heard were "Ronnie's guys" and, despite not being able to find the exact reference, I'm pretty sure it wasn't the HF echo chamber. I used to spend a lot of time researching prospects pre-draft (alas work has taken some of that time from me) and I'm pretty certain it was somewhere during that research that I heard that Francis was high on Lindholm. He might have gotten his info from Kron and MacDonald, but even back prior to being the GM, Ronnie traveled a great deal to view prospects, apparently giving his valued "2 cents" to JR. My guess is he made a trip or two to Sweden. But now I'm more in the realm of speculation.