Who Would You Actually Want as the Next Gm

[The Real JT]

I’d rather have an AI bot as GM than Lou.

Surely that’s possible.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Elon Musk

He would want to change the team name to New York Alpha with the α logo.

Because that's the kind of stupid shit he does.

 

[beach]

I'd give Meghan Chayka a shot.

 

[MTK]

PLEASE NOTE
-Sorry for Long post. Skip over it if its too long.
-sorry for misspellings
- sorry for grammer
- probably am reptitive as well
- i may be wrong on things below, let me know

No point of reply starting with “ whoa long post” “ you mispelled this” etc . I already covered that above for you

Here is my OPINION:

Lou as GM or Chris Lam if Lou retires

- Not sure how anyone thinks he has done a bad job.

- Every GM signs Bad Contracts. Lou made those 7 year contracts at lower dollar amount because everyone knew cap was going up and was able to retain players

Low buyout cost AAV

- Has kept team competitive.

- He trades first round picks. Fanboys love first round picks, they are overrated

- You trade a 1st round pick* if a young NHL player is available you think will an valuable asset to the team on the ice player except Top 10 in deep draft or Top 5 in week draft keep pick unless there is offer that can’t be refused

- we should unload our 1st in 2025 too. weak draft but some fans will cry when we do. which is why i will not be upset if we draft 17th bc it is a waste to give up on a season in a draft like this

- Drafts have be good with Lou ( dobson, homstrom, eisermen, nelson, finely, george and more) …we will address goalie peospects in this upcoming draft

- Hires Front Office Management that has hockey knowledge and experience

- Some of these players would not of resigned ( pageau, horvat, sorokin, barzal, romanov).

- Literally has kept team in the mix with injuries and smart waiver pick ups/small assets.



- Engval is the only “major” mistake he has made ( cheap buyout $1m per year for 10) and letting him take a roster spot
——-he did admit it was a mistake by waiving him but injuries have him back up.
—- it was a boom or bust signing .BUST it is

. But lets offset that with shipping out ladd.




- Many were upset when we traded for Romanov. Others knew this was a great trade.

- Facts back up alot but people ignore those ( teows had to be traded)

- He changed this team from being a Mickeymouse organization since 1993 to a respectable franchise in 1 day

- No one would ever come here until he came

- some say rebuild…..rebuild will never work. Retool does and we are slowly doing that while being competitive.


- Alot of you grew up with Milbury and Snow as GM which i find comical saying fire Lou. Some fans defended Snow till the end.

- He Is slowly rebuilding prospect pool while being competitve. Adding draft picks here and there.

- Will agree not trading Nelson or resigning will be a mistake but is what it is, no matter where we end up in the standings……still will want lou as GM

- My only management issue is having Maclean still running the PP as he did get that job bc of his NJD connection. But thats really only it and no one is perfect and he will be gone end of season but we all dealt with ( weight, gordon and capuano as HC)


- Lou is #2 GM in franchise history. We keep him till he steps down or he starts foaming at the mouth ( which he has not)

- every GM does things fans do not like, but his track record with NYI has been good


Maybe I am missing something that Lou should go but dont see it.

Could Possible be wrong on some of things above i wrote, let me know

Just my opinion.

LGI

 

[Osakahaus]

At this point, I think Lou's final ride as general manager screams "we're ready to start adapting to the new NHL", which is good. These next few weeks will set up the tone for the next general manager. I hope that we take from the Capitals, Wild or Jets front offices. And if anything, lets keep adding more speed. This team is fun when they just start playing with speed and tenacity.

 

[Isles72]

not sure where the heck I read it but Roy has either a 2 or 3 year extension so I think Lou's here for at least that much longer .

 

[periferal]

Respect this thread. I don't think any of us know all NHL front offices well enough to say who the next great GMs are. Thus I can't exactly say who I would want, but I would use these guidelines...

• NO Chris Lamoriello
• No currently unemployed former GM.
• I'd aim for a youngish/up and coming NHL executive who Prioritizes:
  • The draft
  • Acquiring elite talent
  • Players who have great hockey sense and character
  • Keeping the salary cap in line and leveraging it to acquire other talent
  • Analytics

There you go.

 

[YearlyLottery]

Respect this thread. I don't think any of us know all NHL front offices well enough to say who the next great GMs are. Thus I can't exactly say who I would want, but I would use these guidelines...

• NO Chris Lamoriello
• No currently unemployed former GM.
• I'd aim for a youngish/up and coming NHL executive who Prioritizes:
  • The draft
  • Acquiring elite talent
  • Players who have great hockey sense and character
  • Keeping the salary cap in line and leveraging it to acquire other talent
  • Analytics

There you go.

Sounds good on paper but this was also basically Kyle Dubas. Former GM is fine if they learned from mistakes and ready to build a team for the new NHL.

 

[seafoam]

Matty Darche please.

 

[MattMartin]

@periferal

With his knowledge, we have 5 Stanley cups in the next 10 years.

 

[Glorydays22]

I would consider the following:

Scott White - Assistant GM for Dallas
Rich Peverley - Director of Personal for Dallas
Brett Peterson - Assistant GM for Florida
Darren Yorke - Assistant GM for Carolina
Stacy Roest - Assistant GM for Tampa Bay

 

[Throttle]

It would 32/32 on the destination list…

 

[MJF]

It would 32/32 on the destination list…

Yeah that’ll be the reason.

 

[Throttle]

Yeah that’ll be the reason.

I meant to reply vs. a straight comment.

The Isles job will be attractive. However, I don’t see an Assistant from another team being the person. My guess is Ledecky/Malkin will want someone to own all things hockey.

 

[SRBisles]

People (myself included) are gonna be really pissed off when Lou finally retires and Ken Holland is named as replacement the same day.

 

[Osakahaus]

People (myself included) are gonna be really pissed off when Lou finally retires and Ken Holland is named as replacement the same day.

if its Ken Holland, then abandon ship

 

[Throttle]

People (myself included) are gonna be really pissed off when Lou finally retires and Ken Holland is named as replacement the same day.

Why is he old or something?

An owner would like this:

Ken Holland, whose renowned resumé in hockey management includes 27 years as an NHL general manager, four Stanley Cup rings, two Olympic gold medals for Canada

And this:

Holland joins NHL Hockey Operations after serving as President of Hockey Operations/General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers for five seasons, leading the Club to its first Stanley Cup Final appearance in 18 years last June.

Or is it that any GM could have gotten EDM there? Kinda how Yzerman won two cups in TB?

 

[SRBisles]

Why is he old or something?

An owner would like this:

Ken Holland, whose renowned resumé in hockey management includes 27 years as an NHL general manager, four Stanley Cup rings, two Olympic gold medals for Canada

And this:

Holland joins NHL Hockey Operations after serving as President of Hockey Operations/General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers for five seasons, leading the Club to its first Stanley Cup Final appearance in 18 years last June.

Or is it that any GM could have gotten EDM there? Kinda how Yzerman won two cups in TB?

Because it’s another Old School Hockey Guy

 

[Throttle]

Because it’s another Old School Hockey Guy

Oh, and the new school ones are killing it?

 

[SRBisles]

Oh, and the new school ones are killing it?

The proactive and forward thinking organizations are the ones winning in recent years, so I’d say yes.

 

[Throttle]

The proactive and forward thinking organizations are the ones winning in recent years, so I’d say yes.

Which ones are those?

 

[Islanders4Cups]

I think it will be a GM who has a vision to keep the team competitive while rebuilding like Lou as that is also what the owners want.

Tearing this down and having an empty UBS for 5-10 years on rebuilds is this ownerships (and my) biggest fear. The fan base is too weak highlighted by their lack of interest or protest by not showing up for the biggest game of the year in late March.

The new GM will need to be experienced to pull this off and keep the team competitive while getting younger and better.

 

[mm11]

I will echo the sentiments of Perif as well. Seems to know what he is doing round here. Lgi

 

[Thrasymachus]

I’d rather have an AI bot as GM than Lou.

Surely that’s possible.

Chat GPT gm doesn't sound too too bad...

At least relative to Chris Lam.

 

[Glorydays22]

Not that I want it...but I heard rumors that if Toronto bombs in the playoffs again, Shanahan is out. And the rumor is, he would come to the isles to be in the front office for 1 year with Lou then take over (not as GM). And if that happens, strong ties to Marner coming to the isles.

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