Former Assistant General Manager of the Minnesota Wild during the 2000 Expansion Draft, current NHL agent/advisor, and author of the book “How To Bake an NHL Franchise From Scratch: The First Era of the Minnesota Wild,” Tom Lynn joins the show. Hosted by Ken Boehlke.

Tom gives us a quick background of his career.

The difference between the expansion rules the Wild faced vs. those the Vegas franchise will face.

How early success can get in the way of the long term plan.

Tom talks about how incredible of a hire Kelly McCrimmon was for Las Vegas.

The “He stop hockey!” story, and how it relates to the idea of drafting contracts rather than players at times in the Expansion Draft.

The massive difference between building a culture in Las Vegas vs. Minnesota.

And much more…

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**Thank you very much once again to Tom Lynn for joining the podcast, buy his book now on Amazon.com, believe me, it’s well worth it.**