When Brendan Shanahan took to the podium to share that he'd relieved Kyle Dubas of his General Manager duties, he shared that he was looking for a replacement that had some experience. Shanahan felt experience would help a new manager navigate the market.
However, during Shanahan's press conference he was extremely candid about the entire process which led to the termination of Kyle Dubas. Apparently according to Elliotte Friedman, at least one experienced General Manager was put off by Shanny's transparency.
It's clear that while Shanahan was looking to provide some clarity to fans, all he may have done is made his own job more difficult. If Shanahan is unable to get out of his own way, it'll become very difficult to add that experienced member to the team that Shanahan is after.