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Colorado has hired Dallas Assistant GM Francois Giguere to be their new general manager. The link is worth taking; it gives an amusing story about Giguere's early days as an Avalanche employee under then-new GM Pierre Lacroix. It looks like the second coming of The Fog will not be happening in Boston after all. Pittsburgh is now positioned to announce -- as early as today -- that they have hired Ray Shero to be their new GM. Not to be outdone, the Bruins are set to announce the hiring of Ottawa Assistant General Manager Pete Chiarelli as their new GM.