Hull's involvement at the executive level may come as a surprise to some people in the business, considering his fun-loving attitude and his history of being critical of NHL general managers during his playing career, but former Red Wings teammate Steve Yzerman, now in the front-office game too, saw it coming. There is definitely more of a vested interest." "You have an interest now in the players that are taken and how they affect your team, where your future and your needs lie. "It does (get interesting) because you're talking to people and wondering about what is going on," said Hull, who was at the draft last year in his advisor's role to then-GM Doug Armstrong. ![]() The former 600-goal scorer, who used to only take interest in the NHL Entry Draft when current players were traded, was having a blast while experiencing the action from his new seat. Hull, who splits his GM duties with longtime NHL executive Les Jackson, was more into the show Saturday as the Stars owned five picks. "Boring isn't the right word," Hull, the Dallas Stars co-GM, told NHL.com. The Stars didn't have a first-round pick and had no rhyme or reason to give up present assets just to trade up to grab one, so Friday night's first round dragged on with little to no action surrounding Dallas' draft table at the back of the Scotiabank Place floor. OTTAWA - Brett Hull's first foray into the NHL Entry Draft as a general manager went by like a snail crossing a highway. Stars' co-GM Brett Hull had a blast while experiencing the 2008 NHL Entry Draft from his new seat.
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