GM of the year...

[King'sPawn]

Isn't the trophy for the GM of the year called the Stanley Cup?

Clearly you can't do better than assembling all the pieces to win the cup.

 

[tarheelhockey]

You can see it two ways. Do very much to improve the team, like Caps and Blues, who did key moves in the summer, or should you reward a GM who did not panic and did nothing big and followed his vision and won the President? Cheavy is boring but also got result, but as a Jet fan, i think blues or Caps, they took big gambles and won, and we should reward that

IMO Chevy has earned it over a longer period of time where he took a metric shit-ton of criticism while working in one of the league’s most difficult environments, and built the best team in the NHL without even a top-5 draft pick, and no top-tier talent outside of the goalie position.

Unlike coaching, GM’ing isn’t about getting a sudden improvement. It’s about setting a plan and following that plan over a period of years until success happens. Chevy has threaded the needle in every possible way to get the Jets where they are right now. The speed of the reload between 2018 and 2023 was crazy.

 

[RogerRoger]

IIRC Lou won it twice in a row with the Islanders while doing just that - emptying the cupboards and leaving the team in a pickle.

lmao I had to check wiki 'cause I didn't believe you. I hope they slapped a Devils' logo on it.

 

[Unspecified]

I think it's still Nill's to lose

 

[TOGuy14]

1. Holloway
2. Fowler
3. Broberg
4. Monty

Is there anything else to be said?

Out of curiosity I wonder if the RFA sheets hurt more than help here.

Isn't GM of the year voted on by other GMs primarily?

They ain't going to reward the guy who broke the old rules

 

[Kevinsane]

Ron Francis, EASILY. The Kraken got worse every year for the past three seasons, and he got promoted.

 

[Maitz]

COL WSH

 

[Zbynek]

Dubas

OP said GM of the year, not decade.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I'm sorry, but how is not Chris MacFarland? Literally rebuilt the Avs goaltending mid season, which had near bottom of the league stats, to some of the best in the league. On top of that, brought in a top 6 C, a top 4 D and a high end middle 6 C. Again, all of this done throughout the season

Washington brought in a 1C (PLD), 1LD (Chychrun), 2RD (Roy), 1G (Thompson), 3C (Eller), 3LW (Mangiapane), 4LW (Duhaime), and 4RW (Raddyish). All have met or exceeded expectations and led to the team finishing second in the NHL and first in the East.

McFarland did well but he’s in the Honorable Mention tier for me; the top three on the podium are some combination of Washington, St Louis, and Toronto (not necessarily in that order).

 

[SirKillalot]

WSH and STL would be hard to ignore, they did good things that really paid of.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

The caveat to this is the GM until July 8th was Brian MacLellan who made most of these moves, then he moved into a President of Hockey Ops role and promoted Chris Patrick to GM. I'm not sure if MacLellan is still eligible or not based on that, otherwise yes I'd give to either him or Doug Armstrong. Armstrong pulled some rabbits out of his hat this year and I always appreciate creativity and having balls to take a big risk which he did with the offer sheets, definitely masterful work.

I don’t really care but could MacLellan and Patrick split it? Or is it like the Conn Smythe where only one player can win it?

 

[TheDoldrums]

It will depend on which teams make the conference finals, as usual

 

[1specter]

I don’t really care but could MacLellan and Patrick split it? Or is it like the Conn Smythe where only one player can win it?

I wonder the same thing, I'm not sure.