It's not official. But as Darren Dreger Tweeted earlier, Gorton will be hired and be the head of Hockey Ops. So he will be the top guy in the hockey department. It doesn't mean the next GM won't have any freedom to work. But Gorton will be at the top of that hockey ops pyramid.
That was not the case with Dudley. Bergevin was at the top of the pyramid when he was hired. Dudley was a confidant. But he was not higher than MB in the hierarchy.
So saying Gorton will oversee the next GM the way Dudley oversaw MB is inaccurate (which is the initial post I was replying to).