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Don Waddell (b. August 19 1958, Detroit, Michigan) is the current executive vice president, general manager, and head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers and former ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career

Don Waddell was selected 111th overall, in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. He was selected as the 3rd choice of the Los Angeles Kings on June 15 1978. He played in the NHL for only one game with the Kings during the 1980-81 season.

His playing career consisted mostly of minor and college hockey. He played 4 seasons at Northern Michigan University. He was one of the final cuts for the 1980 U.S. men's hockey team. He won the International Hockey League's Governor's Trophy in 1982 for best defenceman during the regular season.

Coaching career

After his tenure as a player, he moved to coaching. For the 1987-88 season with the IHL Flint Spirits as a player-coach. For the next two seasons, he moved behind the bench permanently. Waddell moved on to the IHL San Diego Gulls for the 1991-92 season. Waddell took over as interim coach of the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2002-2003 season with a record of 4-5-1-0 as coach before Bob Hartley was named to the permanent job.

After a disappointing start (0-6-0) to the 2007-08 Atlanta Thrashers season, Waddell was named interim head coach of the team following the dismissal of Bob Hartley. ^[1]

Management Career

Don Waddell was the assistant GM of the Detroit Red Wings from 1997-1998. He won a Stanley Cup championship with the team in the 1998 season. In June 1998, he was named the GM of the newly founded Atlanta Thrashers. He has remained in Atlanta since. Under Waddell, the Thrashers have a total record of 204-286-84.

Awards

IHL Governor's Trophy (best defenceman, voted by coaches) - 1982

External links

References

^ Bob McKenzie (October 17, 2007). "Thrashers fire head coach Hartley". TSN.ca. Retrieved 2007-10-17.

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[1] Bob McKenzie (October 17, 2007). "Thrashers fire head coach Hartley". TSN.ca. Retrieved 2007-10-17.

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 == Management Career ==
-Don Waddell was the assistant GM of the [[Detroit Red Wings]] from 1997-1998. He won a [[Stanley Cup]] championship with the team in the [[1997-98 NHL season|1998 season]].  In June 1998, he was named the [[General manager|GM]] of the newly founded [[Atlanta Thrashers]].  He has remained in Atlanta since. Under Waddell, the Thrashers have a total record of 204-286-84. Despite having a bevy of nice draft picks due to the poor performance of the Thrashers since their inception, he has managed to transform this team into the second oldest team in the NHL and currently has only Kari Lehtonen, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Tobias Enstrom to show for his drafting prowess. Most of those draft picks, or the prospects that they yielded, were traded away for aging vets like Keith Tkachuk and Alexei Zhitnik. Zhitnik is currently laughing all the way to the bank as a 3rd pairing defenseman and recent healthy scratch while the 22 year old prospect that was traded for him has managed to land  a spot on the top pairing in Philly. Waddell is truly the biggest joke of a GM in the NHL. Now the Thrashers fanbase is on suicide watch as they await the fate of their franchise. The biggest bargaining chip in franchise history, Marian Hossa, is on the block and unfortunately the decision is in the hands of the ever inept Waddell who refuses to get max value for Hossa by insisting that he get a player of equal value because, despite holding the 5th worst record in the league, Waddell still believes the Thrashers are in a playoff hunt.
+Don Waddell was the assistant GM of the [[Detroit Red Wings]] from 1997-1998. He won a [[Stanley Cup]] championship with the team in the [[1997-98 NHL season|1998 season]].  In June 1998, he was named the [[General manager|GM]] of the newly founded [[Atlanta Thrashers]].  He has remained in Atlanta since. Under Waddell, the Thrashers have a total record of 204-286-84.
 == Awards ==

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Atlantic	Jim Montgomery (Boston) Lindy Ruff (Buffalo) Derek Lalonde (Detroit) Paul Maurice (Florida) Martin St. Louis (Montreal) Travis Green (Ottawa) Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay) Craig Berube (Toronto)
Metropolitan	Rod Brind'Amour (Carolina) Dean Evason (Columbus) Sheldon Keefe (New Jersey) Patrick Roy (NY Islanders) Peter Laviolette (NY Rangers) John Tortorella (Philadelphia) Mike Sullivan (Pittsburgh) Spencer Carbery (Washington)
Central	Luke Richardson (Chicago) Jared Bednar (Colorado) Peter DeBoer (Dallas) John Hynes (Minnesota) Andrew Brunette (Nashville) Drew Bannister (St. Louis) Andre Tourigny (Utah) Scott Arniel (Winnipeg)
Pacific	Greg Cronin (Anaheim) Ryan Huska (Calgary) Kris Knoblauch (Edmonton) Jim Hiller (Los Angeles) Ryan Warsofsky (San Jose) Dan Bylsma (Seattle) Rick Tocchet (Vancouver) Bruce Cassidy (Vegas)
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