2023-24 Mike Milbury Trophy (Worst GM)
Who was the worst GM of the year?
Who was the worst GM of the year?
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-Korpisalo was bad from the get-go, no clue why dorion went after him.Ottawa?
Offseason expectations were for the playoffs, and they failed miserably.
GM's moves: Korpisalo was a bust. Chychurn was bad. Tarasenko was bad. Bad return on Debricant. Coach fired mid season.
Dubas is a level worse. Not sure why Pittsburgh hired someone so clearly unqualified to work in hockey ops. The issue is that Dubas has such a long history of gross incompetence that this seems normal.It's hard to choose between Dorion, Blake, Treliving, and Kekalainen.
I don't think Dubas belongs on the same level of any of those guys.
and gave him 7 years 40 mill to do soDubas is a level worse. Not sure why Pittsburgh hired someone so clearly unqualified to work in hockey ops. The issue is that Dubas has such a long history of gross incompetence that this seems normal.
Dubas is a level worse. Not sure why Pittsburgh hired someone so clearly unqualified to work in hockey ops.
Dubas is a level worse. Not sure why Pittsburgh hired someone so clearly unqualified to work in hockey ops. The issue is that Dubas has such a long history of gross incompetence that this seems normal.
How exactly was Dubas worse last year?
He traded a bunch of cap dumps and a 1st for Karlsson and gave Graves and Jarry long-term deals. Even if you argue all of those moves were bad, he just simply didn't do enough of significance to match up with the failures of someone like Blake.
Dorion no question.
Traded for Chychrun at the 2022/23 deadline, but that was more of an acquisition for 23/24 since the Sens were a big longshot to make the playoffs at that point. Bought extremely high on him by trading a high 1st and two 2nds. Was sold to HFSens as a two-way D that could be shifted to the right side, but turned out he was only capable of playing the left side and is actually quite one-dimensional. Ended up getting moved for Jensen because he'd be on the 3rd pairing in Ottawa.
Signed Korpisalo to a 20M deal over 5 years, which was an obvious igregious error right from the start. Was one of the worst goalies in the league in 23/24 and Staios ended up having to give up value to dump him on the Bruins.
Got bent over in the DeBrincat trade return. Only ended up getting the 25th OVR pick for him after trading the 7th OVR + 39th OVR + a future 3rd the season before to add him. Helped a divisional rival get better by gifting them a top 6 forward and providing them the key to getting Patrick Kane to sign there for cheap.
Signed Tarasenko to a 5M deal when the Sens didn't have any cap space left, which put him in a position where teams were demanding a 1st to "take on" a solid young bottom 6er in Joseph so the Sens could get under the cap and create enough room to re-sign Pinto. Dorion ended up getting bailed out by Pinto getting a 41 game suspension, but it damaged the relationship. Also since he gave Tarasenko a full NTC as part of the deal Staios wasn't able to get much for him at the deadline, as he insisted on only being traded to the Panthers.
And of course the Sens were penalized a 1st round pick in 23/24 because Dorion's incompetence relating to the Dadonov trade, which was several years earlier but I'm still counting it because it was just the cherry on top of one of the worst off-seasons in a long time. Ended up getting the bumbling fool fired, but about 5 years too late.