StreetHawk
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Hughes is new to NHL management so he would need to lean on Gorton more.I'll have to apologize. I think I misheard the last part of it. Here's his exact quote on what he feels the set-up will be like in contrasting the two franchises.
"And it's funny how you made that caveat about Montreal. And really the same sort of setup exists, maybe actually even more so that Jeff Gorton is running the Montreal Canadiens than Jim Rutherford would be running the Vancouver Canucks on a day to day, hour by hour transaction basis. It feels like the general manager in Vancouver is going to have a bit more say a bit more power and control, than perhaps what plays out in Montreal. It seems more collaborative there."
So it wasn't that Rutherford would have more autonomy but that the Canucks GM would have more autonomy than the Canadiens new GM.
so depends on who JR hires. Less experienced, less autonomy to start.