"Michael "Dale" Tallon" is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey)/defenceman and current general manager (ice hockey)/general manager (GM) for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

After playing junior with the Oshawa Generals and Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey League/Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), Tallon was selected second overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. He spent his ten-year NHL career with the Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Following his retirement as a player, Tallon began a broadcasting career with the Blackhawks lasting 16 years. In 1998, he joined the front office as director of player personnel before working his way up to GM. Serving in the latter capacity from 2005 to 2009, he helped rebuild the team into a Stanley Cup winner in 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs/2010, at which point he had been demoted to assistant GM. In May 2010, he was named GM for the Panthers.

Tallon is also a distinguished golfer, having won the 1969 Canadian Junior Golf Championship and participated in the Canadian PGA Tour.

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We're done with that (stuff). We're going to learn from the past and move on. I'm concerned about today and tomorrow and what's best for the Hawks, not me.

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Jocelyn is a class act and did a lot for our organization, ... We're happy to be able to get a deal done and we're happy that he's going to a good situation in Pittsburgh. He'll do quite well for them, we wish him all the best. It was strictly a business decision.

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We're going to do what's right.

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Adrian Aucoin was one of the top players we had targeted. He's a smart hockey player, logs lots of ice time, and is a solid two-way player who has an excellent shot from the point. He possesses excellent leadership skills and is a character player.

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We talked about the direction we are going in and how valuable it would be to us on the ice and off the ice with the young kids.

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This is a new beginning for us, ... We've been very happy with the people we were able to acquire. They all have skill, they all can play the game and they all have different attributes.

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I know our fans have gone through some difficult times, but we said that we would remain flexible and give ourselves a chance to improve our team under the new rules governing the NHL.

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Adrian was high on our list. We liked the fact that he can play offense and defense and lots of minutes. We also liked that Adrian is a class act.

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We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

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