height_ft played_for weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year career_end position draft_team height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 vancouver canucks chicago black hawks pittsburgh penguins 195 left noranda , qc , can 1970 1980 defence vancouver canucks 1 19 october 1950 dale tallon
 2nd overall can 1970
dale tallon

michael `` dale '' tallon -lrb- born october 19 , 1950 -rrb- is a canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman and current general manager -lrb- gm -rrb- for the florida panthers of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
after playing junior with the oshawa generals and toronto marlboros of the ontario hockey association -lrb- oha -rrb- , 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 , 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 .
