Jeff Gorton, why was he fired from Boston?

[WestCoastLife]

I don't follow all league happenings that closely, but reading his Wiki page it was him who constructed the 2011 Cup champs not Chiarelli.

Does anyone know why Peter 'Mastermind' Chiarelli cut him loose?

Gorton began working for the Bruins in 1992. He worked in Boston as assistant general manager for seven seasons and served as the team's interim general manager from March 25, 2006 until July 15, 2006.[2]

In his time as interim general manager of the Bruins, Gorton most notably ran the 2006 NHL Entry Draft which produced for the Bruins Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand. At the same draft, Gorton traded goaltender Andrew Raycroft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for goalie prospect Tuukka Rask.[3] Raycroft was coming off a subpar season and his two-year stint in Toronto would prove disastrous, with the Leafs buying him out of the final year of his contract.[4] Rask, meanwhile, had been selected in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by Toronto and went on to win the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender in the 2013-14 season.[5]

On July 1, Gorton signed Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard as free agents. Chara would go on to win the Norris trophy in 2009 as the NHL's best defenseman while under the contract signed by Gorton.

On July 15, 2006, he re-assumed his assistant general manager duties when Peter Chiarelli was hired as permanent general manager. He was dismissed, along with respected scout Daniel Doré on June 27, 2007.

[6] Gorton was immediately picked up as a Pro Scout by the Rangers.

 

[Samcanadian]

lol guy makes one trade and all of a sudden he's the next *checks notes* Sam Pollock

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Wasnt one of Chia's guys I would assume.

 

[Trap Jesus]

They never gave a reason. Just not being one of Chia's guys is the most likely reason. The Bruins were arguably even worse that year after all those big free agent signings, so it's probably an easy way to shake things up without getting a new GM again. They did can Dave Lewis as head coach after that one bad year though.

Dore was the guy that drove the Bergeron draft pick as well.

 

[irunthepeg]

People grow. The person you were two years ago is not the person you are today.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

lol guy makes one trade and all of a sudden he's the next *checks notes* Sam Pollock

Sounds just like something a salty Jets fan would say. There wasn't one word about this trade in the OP.

 

[McDNicks17]

Do we know how long he was signed for?

The wording and timing almost makes it seem like his contract was up that offseason and Chia just didn't bring him back.

 

[Samcanadian]

Sounds just like something a salty Jets fan would say. There wasn't one word about this trade in the OP.

u alright?

 

[NJDevils1]

This wouldn't be a story if it wasn't for Chiarelli.. so that being the case, LOL

 

[Greg02]

lol guy makes one trade and all of a sudden he's the next *checks notes* Sam Pollock

Rangers fans have held him in high esteem since he's been our assistant GM. The idea that he was the architect of the Bruins cup has gotten play on HFNYR for years.

 

[Gardner McKay]

lol guy makes one trade and all of a sudden he's the next *checks notes* Sam Pollock

One trade?

 

[Kranix]

He wasn't fired. He was never going to be the GM. He stepped aside because they already had a Harvard-educated genius tapped for the role.

 

[zharkenby]

The rangers roster is still pretty terrible... not really sure why this is a thread.

 

[Lays]

The rangers roster is still pretty terrible... not really sure why this is a thread.

Gorton took over as GM of the Rangers around the draft in 2015. Around 2017 is when he started to have his impact and a longer leash. His only bad moves to date was signing Shatty and Smith. He has been incredible if you look at his transaction history and the rebuild has been going perfectly under his watch. Rangers are rebuilding, what do you expect?

 

[zharkenby]

Gorton took over as GM of the Rangers around the draft in 2015. Around 2017 is when he started to have his impact and a longer leash. His only bad moves to date was signing Shatty and Smith. He has been incredible if you look at his transaction history and the rebuild has been going perfectly under his watch. Rangers are rebuilding, what do you expect?

again... Chytil has shown flashes but Andersson was a bad pick. They have 1 center that is really an impact player as of right now. Shattenkirk contract made absolutely no sense. not seeing it personally.

 

[JimmyG89]

Andersson was a bad pick

Tell me who is the better pick after him from that draft? I'll wait.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

again... Chytil has shown flashes but Andersson was a bad pick. They have 1 center that is really an impact player as of right now. Shattenkirk contract made absolutely no sense. not seeing it personally.

Andersson is what, 20 years old and he's already a bad pick? We were picking after all the top guys were gone. The roster has holes because we sold off the entire team barely more than a year ago. What nonsense.

 

[Louie the Blue]

This wouldn't be a story if it wasn't for Chiarelli.. so that being the case, LOL

So, someone trading for a goalie who backed up for a SC win and led a team to two SCF as well as signing a Norris winning D who is also a captain as interim GM wouldn't be a story?

OK

 

[Polar Bear]

The fact that he turned around one of the weakest prospect pools into arguably the strongest in the NHL is 2 years or less shows how tremendous of a job he's done. Still more work to do, but Gorton is no doubt one of the better GMs in the league.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The fact that he turned around one of the weakest prospect pools into arguably the strongest in the NHL is 2 years or less shows how tremendous of a job he's done. Still more work to do, but Gorton is no doubt one of the better GMs in the league.

No we need to have a superstar at every position by now and every pick we make needs to look like McDavid or it's a bad pick.

 

[BruinsBtn]

It was probably a few things:

• 1) He was an O'Connell guy and worked with him for 7 years. I imagine the Bruins evaluated his track record in that time
• 2) Sweeney was given Gorton's job. So maybe it was to make room for him. (Sweeny was also a Harvard guy, like Chia)
  
• 3) No one really knows how much credit Gorton should get for those signings, trades and draft picks. There's a pretty good case that Chia was hired in May and pulled the strings for at least the free agency. The article you cited itself says Chia was hired May 26 but couldn't technically work for the Bruins yet because Ottawa wouldn't release him from his contract. I personally have a hard time believing that the Bruins would let an interim GM pull off all those moves.

The most-logical explanation is that it wasn't really Gorton that made those moves, it was Chia. However at the same time, it's most-likely that Gorton ran the draft and should get credit for Marchand and Lucic (I don't think any of them wanted Kessel, but they had to pick him at #8).

 

[Newsworthy]

I think Gorton is doing awesome things for the Rangers.

 

[Blame the referee]

Gm of the New York Rangers is the easiest GM job in the NHL! Majority off the players want to play in the big Apple.

The only job he have to do is not give stupid contract to player.

 

[Overcast]

again... Chytil has shown flashes but Andersson was a bad pick. They have 1 center that is really an impact player as of right now. Shattenkirk contract made absolutely no sense. not seeing it personally.

You will in a couple years.

 

[MMC]

Feels like just yesterday everyone was talking about Gorton being a bad GM