Ron Francis
Ronald Michael Francis, Jr. (born March 1, 1963) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs. Francis was in 2014 named as the general manager for the Hurricanes, replacing Jim Rutherford, who had been with the franchise ever since the team's move to North Carolina. Two years before, Francis had become a minority owner of the team as part of the five-man investor group Playmakers Management.