{"id":53713,"date":"2019-08-12T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=53713"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:32:44","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-re-sign-general-manager-don-waddell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/08\/12\/carolina-hurricanes-re-sign-general-manager-don-waddell\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Re-Sign General Manager Don Waddell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> have re-signed president and general manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/waddedo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Waddell<\/a><\/strong> to a multi-year contract. Carolina&#8217;s owner Tom Dundon announced the move on Monday. Terms of the deal haven&#8217;t been disclosed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canes<\/a> have re-signed President and General Manager Don Waddell to a multi-year extension.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xzdv7r2rTC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/xzdv7r2rTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Smith (@MichaelSmithNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelSmithNC\/status\/1160968666835509248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Don Waddell Sticking with Carolina<\/h2>\n<p>Waddell took over as interim general manager in March 2018 and helped the Hurricanes reach the Eastern Conference final and end long 10-year playoff drought. The 60-year-old has been part of the organization since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He had been working without a contract since June 30 and interviewed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> for their vacant GM job. However, Waddell had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/sports\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/canes-now\/article233786077.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told the media<\/a> that he wanted to stay in Raleigh with the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit native was a finalist for the NHL general manager of the year. He made some smart deals at the deadline that got the Hurricanes into the post-season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;s leadership and experience are invaluable to our organization and I&#8217;m happy we were able reach an extension,&#8221; said Dundon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/hurricanes\/news\/canes-re-sign-don-waddell-to-multi-year-extension\/c-308504094\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on the team&#8217;s website<\/a>. &#8220;Don and I have a great relationship and he is someone I trust. I&#8217;m excited to continue to build a championship team with Don.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Waddell was an assistant general manager of the 1997-98 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/red-wings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>. He also served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Thrashers<\/a> general manager from 1998-2010. The former<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Los Angeles Kings<\/a> defenceman was also general manager for the U.S. Olympic team in 2006.<\/p>\n<h2>What it Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Carolina gets to keep its general manager and has front office security. Waddell gets to keep building a team that&#8217;s on the rise. The Hurricanes caught a lot of people by surprise with their deep playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina earned one of the wild card spots and stunned the defending Stanley Cup champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Capitals<\/a> in the opening round. The Canes then swept the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/islanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Islanders<\/a> in round two.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild will have to move on with their general manager search and has looked into candidates like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hextaro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Hextall<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/04\/Don-Waddell.jpg\" alt=\"\">MUNICH, GERMANY &#8211; NOVEMBER 12: Don Waddell, head coach of the US looks on during 4th match of the German Ice Hockey Cup 2011 between Switzerland and USA at Olympiahalle on November 12, 2011 in Munich, Germany. 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The #Canes have re-signed President and General Manager Don Waddell to a multi-year extension.https:\/\/t.co\/xzdv7r2rTC &mdash; Michael Smith (@MichaelSmithNC) August 12, 2019 Don Waddell Sticking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":28087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,34],"tags":[136,3255,5738,221,2569,955,423,2756],"class_list":["post-53713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hurricanes","category-news","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-don-waddell","tag-hockey-news","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-ron-hextall","tag-tom-dundon"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}