Confirmed with Link: Dorion a finalist for GM of the year

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-general-manager-of-the-year-award-finalists/c-289467162

In his first season at the helm, Dorion oversaw a Senators team that achieved its second-best regular-season record in the past decade, returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a one-year absence and advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. Promoted to General Manager in April 2016 after serving the club as assistant GM, director of player personnel and chief amateur scout, Dorion's first major moves were behind the bench, hiring head coach Guy Boucher and associate coach Marc Crawford a month into his tenure. He also traded for center Derick Brassard in the offseason and landed veteran forwards Alexandre Burrows, Viktor Stalberg and Tommy Wingels during the campaign.

The other finalists are Chiarelli (EDM) and Poile (NSH)

From Wikipedia:

The General Manager of the Year Award is awarded annually National Hockey League general manager as voted by "a 40-member panel that included all 30 general managers, five NHL executives and five media members."[1] The current title holder is Jim Rutherford, of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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[Six Assets]

unexpected

 

[Tuna99]

Best GM in the league.

 

[Real Smart Sens Fan]

"Best GM" is a difficult thing to quantify, but this shows us one thing for sure: Dorion has the respect and admiration of his peers.

 

[Samsquanch]

But I thought that he singlehandedly ruined our future by trading Zibanejad and Dahlen? Then he let Puempel go for nothing...

He would have to win the cup and the draft lottery at this point for me to start trusting his judgement.

 

[internetdotcom]

Congrats Dorion! Maybe he'll get more respect on HFSens now too.

I'm sure Chiarelli will win though, even though all he really did is mortgage Hall for the best D he could get and throw cash at Lucic. Mind you, Dorion did have the advantage of having the best player in the world on his team.

 

[Dino Tkachuk]

Congratulations Pierre Dorion!

Congrats Dorion! Maybe he'll get more respect on HFSens now too.

I'm sure Chiarelli will win though, even though all he really did is mortgage Hall for the best D he could get and throw cash at Lucic. Mind you, Dorion did have the advantage of having the best player in the world on his team.

McDavid isn't any slouch either.....

 

[SensBrawler]

 

[BondraTime]

Congrats, not a fan of the Burrows trade, but c'est la vie. We're in the ECF, can't worry about that.

 

[UnHappyDude]

Obviously they don't take into account public speaking! Am I right?! Honestly the guy is hard to listen to at times

 

[Back in Black]

Congrats Dorion, well deserved in the very short amount off time turning this team around.

Should be in the Sens Circle next year!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Langdon Alger]

Fire Dorrion

 

[edguy]

He gave us the pieces we needed to take that next step. This is MUCH deserved! Hope he wins!! But I think it'll be Poile for the Subban Trade

 

[Caeldan]

Interesting, usually this one tends to take a year or two of momentum for a GM to get top three.

 

[Hale The Villain]

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Happy for him.. seems a little odd that he got recognized... Hired Boucher .. good move...traded Zib for Brass (mixed reviews) ... got some solid bottom 6 depth at / around the tdl ... Wingels, Stalberg, Burrows .. also generated a fair amount of discussion on what was given up....

All in all ... Sens went from missing to the ECF so that is the bottom line.

 

[Super Cake]

Congratulations Pierre Dorion!


McDavid isn't any slouch either.....

Any gm would have selected McDavid if they got the 1st overall.

McDavid shouldn't be used as an argument to why Chiarelli is one of the best gms.

 

[Dino Tkachuk]

Any gm would have selected McDavid if they got the 1st overall.

McDavid shouldn't be used as an argument to why Chiarelli is one of the best gms.

The poster I quoted went on the record saying that Dorion had Karlsson on the team so that should be taken into account when discussing the likelihood of him winning. My comment was that if that's the case then McDavid being on Edmonton should also be taken into account...

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Not Jack Eichel?

 

[Super Cake]

Dorion should win.

 

[Inkling]

It's a dumb award, but regardless, good for him being somewhere in the top 3. I haven't been happy with all his trades but I feel comfortable with him as GM, and Murray advising, that the team is in good hands.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Am I right to assume that the voting concluded prior to the playoffs?

If so, that makes Dorion being nominated a lot more interesting.

 

[starling]

wut?

 

[GWNR]

Didn't you blame a goal against in the Bruins series against Dorion's asset management?

Unbelievable