Cliff Fletcher, the NHL’s Quiet Kingmaker, Dies at 84

Cliff Fletcher spent decades in the kind of rooms that shape franchises long before the cameras show up. The Hall of Fame executive built a reputation as one of the league’s sharpest operators, and his name carried real weight every time a front office started making calls. His passing closes the book on a career that left fingerprints all over the NHL, even for fans who never saw him behind the desk.