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1. Holloway
2. Fowler
3. Broberg
4. Monty
Is there anything else to be said?
2. Fowler
3. Broberg
4. Monty
Is there anything else to be said?
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GM of the year...
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Suntouchable13
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The Captials GM has to be up there, no? It was a great turn around for their team this season. Chevy is another candidate.
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
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There are many great choices this year and it'll come down to "how they prefer their team to be built". Imo Nill won over Zito because voters prefer teams that don't empty the cupboard or leave themselves in a bit of a pickle.
Blues, Caps, Avs, Leafs should get the most votes imo.
Voight
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Chris Patrick IMO, every move he made in the off season was a resounding success.
FerrisRox
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For me, it's easily Washington.
He brought in Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jeff Chykrun and Logan Thompson. All three of those acquisitions have over-delivered on expectations and are an enormous part of the Capitals success this season.
He also made great depth acquisitions too, bringing in Matt Roy, Andrew Mangiapane and Lars Eller.
That's six everyday players he added to the roster for this season and all of them have been successful adds.
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Treliving brought in Berube, Stolarz, OEL, Tanev as well as Carlo at the deadline and the Leafs won the division for the 2nd time since WWII (or something close to that).
He won't win it - Washington's incredible run this year is the story - but he's at least worth a mention.
He won't win it - Washington's incredible run this year is the story - but he's at least worth a mention.
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If the Avalanche are out in the 1st round none of those changes mattered anyway. They were 3rd in the Central when the first trade was made and they still ended up 3rd in the Central when the season ended. If Avs go on a deep run, now then you have a candidate.
landy
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I think we could come up with some sort of qualification system here. X moves between x date and y date. Then do we attach playoff success or not? And do those specific moves have to contribute a certain amount?
It could easily simply be the team that had the biggest point change in the standings, but if the GM did little to change the roster in the last year, then shouldnt be included IMO.
It could easily simply be the team that had the biggest point change in the standings, but if the GM did little to change the roster in the last year, then shouldnt be included IMO.
Acallabeth
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For sure. The roster and results are night and day better than last season, and the best part is that the top defenseman of post-Carlson era, a starting goalie and a high-potential 2C all were acquired nearly for free. Factor in the revamp of depth players and even Beauvillier at the deadline, who seems like a great fit, and I think we have a frontrunner.
landy
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Qualifications:
Moves have to be from 7.1 to 3.7
Trades
Offer Sheets
UFA/RFA signings
1st line players/Top Pair D/Starting G - A Tier
2nd Line/2nd Pairing - B Tier
Depth Players - C Tier
Change in standings from 23-24 to 24-25
2025 Playoff success - TBD obviously
I feel like we can easily come up with a winner using some analytics here.
Moves have to be from 7.1 to 3.7
Trades
Offer Sheets
UFA/RFA signings
1st line players/Top Pair D/Starting G - A Tier
2nd Line/2nd Pairing - B Tier
Depth Players - C Tier
Change in standings from 23-24 to 24-25
2025 Playoff success - TBD obviously
I feel like we can easily come up with a winner using some analytics here.
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Avs key acquisitions (not including support pieces):
Nelson (cost him Ritchie)
Blackwood
Necas (cost him Rantanen)
For the Blues, they didn't really lose anything significant...so the net asset management is larger for the Blues imo.
BlueOil
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if macfarland had addressed the goaltending in the offseason, he'd have a stronger case. waiting until it predictably imploded before making a move at a higher midseason cost isn't a good spot to put yourself in, even if he dug out eventually.
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
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Kyle Dubas. He wears glasses, is young, and is fake nice so I self-identify with him and that means he's good.
Armstrong in St. Louis, those offer sheets were a master stroke and gave his team both a present and a future.
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.
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.
landy
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Im not even fighting for McFarland, but the Blues were headed towards a dumpster fire before they did their miracle crap again. Easily couldve gone the other way and theyve only recently (4 Nations basically) played well. Obviously perfect timing, but to credit the GM, meh. He did nothing a tthe deadline and then they went on a magical 12 game run.
Look at all those L's.
MoneyManny
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I don't see how it's not the Capitals GM. All of their key acquisitions are bearing fruit and nobody expected them to be where they're at now.
HockeyVirus
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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.
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Probably Brad Treliving
He fixed the maple leafs, fixed the goaltending, fixed the depth and fixed the defense.
He didn’t lose any of the core players or any of the core-adjacent players
Pretty incredible when you sit back and think about it
He fixed the maple leafs, fixed the goaltending, fixed the depth and fixed the defense.
He didn’t lose any of the core players or any of the core-adjacent players
Pretty incredible when you sit back and think about it
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Armstrong added the Blues second or third best forward depending on who you ask, second best defenseman, and third best defenseman this year and it cost him two seconds and two thirds while getting a fourth rounder back. He also hired a coach who will likely be nominated for the Jack Adams this year.
