David Poile is the Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager of the NHL's Nashville Predators. Poile began his career in the NHL as an Administrative Assistant with the then expansion Atlanta Flames in 1972 shortly after graduating from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Five years after joining the Flames organization he was named as the assistant general manager. Wikipedia
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