Editing Jason Botterill (section)

==Management career==
Botterill received his MBA from [[Ross School of Business|The Stephen M. Ross School of Business]] at the [[University of Michigan]] in 2007. Following his playing career, he worked with the NHL Offices and the NHL Central Registry and spent the 2006–2007 season as a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] for the Dallas Stars.

On July 17, 2007, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Botterill's hiring as director of hockey administration. His main responsibilities included monitoring the salary cap and contract research and negotiations, but also worked with salary arbitration and preparation as well as scouting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=334599 |title=Fitzgerald, Botterill Hope To Enhance Penguins |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Penguins]] |date=2007-07-17 |access-date=2010-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602011138/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=334599&page=NewsPage&service=page |archive-date=2009-06-02 }}</ref>  Botterill was promoted by the Penguins to assistant general manager on May 22, 2009. He replaced [[Chuck Fletcher]], who was named general manager of the [[Minnesota Wild]] on the same day. In ''[[The Hockey News]]'' 2011 edition of the 100 Most Powerful People in ice hockey, Botterill was considered one of the Top 40 under the age of 40.<ref>The Hockey News, Volume 64, Number 14, January 17, 2011, p.25, Publisher: Caroline Andrews, Transcontinental Media.</ref> On May 16, 2014, Botterill was named as interim general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and as a candidate for the full position.<ref name=GM>{{cite web|title=Shero Relieved of Duties as Penguins GM - Pittsburgh Penguins |url=http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=719579|publisher=Pittsburgh Penguins|date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> On June 6, 2014, [[Jim Rutherford]] was named general manager of the Penguins. In his press conference, Rutherford announced that Botterill would be named associate general manager of the Penguins. 

On May 11, 2017, the [[Buffalo Sabres]] announced that Botterill had been hired as the team's general manager.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com/2017/05/11/sabres-hire-botterill-as-general-manager/ |title = Sabres Hire Botterill as General Manager|date = 2017-05-11}}</ref> He was fired by the Sabres on June 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1272885357005201409|user=BuffaloSabres|title=We have relieved Jason Botterill of his duties as General Manager. Senior Vice President of Business Administrati…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

On January 5, 2021, the [[Seattle Kraken]] announced that Botterill had been hired as the team's assistant general manager.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theathletic.com/news/kraken-botterill-assistant-general-manager/IhALjJJ1aild |title = Seattle Kraken name Jason Botterill as new assistant general manager|date = 2021-01-05}}</ref>

On April 22, 2025, the Kraken would promote Botterill to general manager after promoting previous general manager [[Ron Francis]] to president of hockey operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-22 |title=Francis becomes Kraken president, Botterill new GM {{!}} Seattle Kraken |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/francis-becomes-kraken-president-botterill-new-gm-bn |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>