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FILE - In this May 5, 2014, file photo, Ron Francis, at the time the general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, takes questions from members of the media during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. Seattle’s NHL expansion team is close to an agreement with Francis to become its first general manager, a person with direct knowledge tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday, July 16, 2019, because the team had not made an announcement. The expansion Seattle franchise is set to begin play in the 2021-22 season as the NHL’s 32nd team.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

AP source: Seattle close to naming Ron Francis as GM

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Tod Leiweke, right, greets part owners Jerry Bruckheimer, left, and David Bonderman to start a news conference naming Leiweke as the president and CEO for a prospective NHL expansion team in Seattle. The prospective owners of an NHL expansion team in Seattle will make their pitch to an executive committee of owners in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, with a vote by the full Board of Governors possibly as early as December and almost a virtual certainty the puck drops in Seattle two or three years from now. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Excitement brewing for NHL expansion team in Seattle

By STEPHEN WHYNO - Associated Press