2020 Jim Gregory GM of the Year winner: Lou Lamoriello

[Koivu11]

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[SI90]

Nice that he won. Didn’t make any major moves but he changed the entire culture of the franchise.

is this supposed to be based on the regular season? If so, I could see why maybe people feel he shouldn’t have won it. If the votes were taken recently then the isles playoff run definitely influenced the votes.

 

[kabidjan18]

Lmao. I'm not hating or loving I just find this hilarious.

 

[benedictTavares]

You to can trade a 1st++ for a 3rd line center.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Lou is a dinosaur.

 

[Pia8988]

Worst of the final 4 GMs imo. Isles have massive cap issues

 

[benedictTavares]

Lou is a dinosaur.

 

[benedictTavares]

Worst of the final 4 GMs imo. Isles have massive cap issues

Most of the issues pre-date lou. He had nothing to do with Andrew Ladd etc etc

 

[Empoleon8771]

That's...uh, odd I'd say. I don't really think Lou did anything phenomenal this year and the Islanders weren't bad last year.

I would have picked Sakic.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Nice that he won. Didn’t make any major moves but he changed the entire culture of the franchise.

is this supposed to be based on the regular season? If so, I could see why maybe people feel he shouldn’t have won it. If the votes were taken recently then the isles playoff run definitely influenced the votes.

Voting took place after round 2.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Voting took place after round 2.

Oh okay, he won because the Islanders made the ECF. That would explain it.

They're the hot team right now and voters are idiots, that makes sense.

 

[SI90]

Oh okay, he won because the Islanders made the ECF. That would explain it.

They're the hot team right now and voters are idiots, that makes sense.

100% the playoffs influenced. Honestly not a big deal though. Not really a special award. He did make the Pageau and Greene Trades though and they’ve been huge.

 

[Coachcorner]

Love it sire. Congratulations again Lou, you done did it again sire What a real man who understands the game with bravery. Never changed. Great humble speech too after the win. You gave isles what they needed. Pageau, Greene, Matt Martin, Komarov on the same plane with u since you left, varlamov. Etc. Hard team and they'll make you pay sire. Blessed by the best. YOU GOT THEM BARRY TROTZ TOO. What a steal and build up sire. Love this for life Lou. Thank you for giving us ice hockey and hard games back. Still hard. What.

 

[seabass45]

Oh okay, he won because the Islanders made the ECF. That would explain it.

They're the hot team right now and voters are idiots, that makes sense.

Also worth noting that for this award, the voters are mostly the other GMs (along with five additional execs and five media members).

Honestly it's a goofy award, but I hope those guys have fun with it.

 

[Islander Class]

Perhaps playoff run with a little bit of “Lifetime Achievement” element to this one- but Lou was certainly bold in letting Lehner walk, and making the Pageau trade & sign. Despite all the heat for both of those- his club is still playing. Seemingly an opportune time for the hockey community to tip their cap to a legend at least one more time...

 

[JayDog16]

He turned around a joke of an organization into something resembling a legitimate franchise. I think some people are understating that accomplishment. Being a general manager is about a lot more than playing fantasy hockey. I'm sure he did a lot behind the scenes resulting in this turnaround.

 

[Warden of the North]

Congrats to Lou.

But this award should just be given to the GM of the team that wins the Cup

 

[Warden of the North]

He turned around a joke of an organization into something resembling a legitimate franchise. I think some people are understating that accomplishment. Being a general manager is about a lot more than playing fantasy hockey. I'm sure he did a lot behind the scenes resulting in this turnaround.

I think undeniably his greatest move was bringing in Trotz.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Lou took over a 80 point team in 17-18 with a losing culture and improved it to a 105 team with 1 playoff series win with a winning culture, to this year a team that is in the conference finals. In just 2 years. Pretty impressive what he has done in that time. For people that said he all he did was hire Trotz, yes he did that, that is an important function for a GM. He did do a lot more subtle things that all added up to a collective success. His greatest accomplishment was turning the Isles from a sorry Isles fans a Micky mouse organization under Garth Snow to one of the most respected Front offices including coaching in the NHL in just 2 years. That's no small feat.

Added to Hockey Operations

Trotz
Greco
Korn
Lambert
Hillier
Gruden
Pellegrini
Lemaire

Player signings, trades, and drafted

Pageau (Trade and signing)
Greene (Trade)
Martin(Trade)
Varly (UFA signing)
Komarov(UFA signing)
Brassard(UFA signing)
Nelson (UFA re-signing)
Lee (UFA re-signing)
Eberle (UFA re-signing)
Beauvillier(RFA signing)
Pulock (RFA signing)
Toews (RFA signing)
Kuhnhackl(UFA signing)
Dobson(Drafted)
Sorokin(RFA signed)
Lehner(UFA)last year, won Masterton, Vezina finalist

 

[kabidjan18]

I felt like either Brisbois or Nill deserved that but I don't mind Lou, I think he has the right idea.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Honestly congrats to the Islanders. Lou has really made the organization legit.

 

[Islander Class]

He turned around a joke of an organization into something resembling a legitimate franchise. I think some people are understating that accomplishment. Being a general manager is about a lot more than playing fantasy hockey. I'm sure he did a lot behind the scenes resulting in this turnaround.

Totally agree. Lou correctly assessed the roster as not a full teardown post-Tavares- but rather containing many B/B+ players still in their primes that could collectively be much more with the correct organizational values, and coaching.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

For those that wondered. All 31 NHL GM's had a vote. 5 NHL hockey Executives and 5 media members rounded out the voting committee. In other words, the group that voted were very knowledgeable voters.

 

[I am toxic]

That's...uh, odd I'd say. I don't really think Lou did anything phenomenal this year and the Islanders weren't bad last year.

I would have picked Sakic.

Credit for NYI should go to Trotz and just as importantly Korn.

 

[ScottyK]

Yes Trotz fell in his lap but bold moves otherwise and installing a new culture on the island was as important.

Congrats Lou