Jeff Gorton vs Chris Drury

[EdJovanovski]

Who’s the better GM?


Jeff Gorton
- Brassard & 7th for Zibanejad & 2nd
- Nash for Lindgren, 1st (K’Andre Miller) Spooner, Beleskey, 7th
- Spooner for Strome
- Signing Panarin
- 2 2nd Rd Picks for Fox
- McDonagh & Miller for Namestnikov, Howden, Hajek, 1st, 2nd
- Signing Shattenkirk
- Signing Grabner
- Stepan & Raanta for DeAngelo & 1st
- Skjei for 1st
- Pionk, 1st for Trouba
- Keane for Gauthier
- Zuccarello for 2nd, 3rd
- Hayes for 1st, 4th, Lemieux
- 2nd+3rd for Smith
- 2 2nds+Saarela for E.Staal
- Hagelin+2nd for Etem, 2nd and 6th
- Talbot+7th for 2nd, 3rd, 7th

Chris Drury
- Buchnevich for Blais & 2nd
- Blais, 1st, 4th for Tarasenko & Mikkola
- Signing Goodrow
- Signing Nemeth
- Signing Tinordi
- Signing Reaves
- Kravtsov for 7th & Lockwood
- Barron, 1st, 2nd, 5th for Copp
- 4th for Motte
- 4th for Vatrano
- Howden for 4th
- Gauthier & Conditional 7th (turn to 2nd if we make second round) for Motte
- Lundkvist for 1st & 4th
- Georgiev for 3rd, 5th, 3rd
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th for Kane
- Sign Trocheck

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[17futurecap]

Gorton, but he had the easier job of getting to trade everyone, it’s two different jobs they are doing in terms of progress of the team.

Also, would say Drury list should have added his extensions for Fox, Chytil and Mika. Those are long term commitments under his watch.

The Fox extension is probably Drury’s best move, even if people turned on Fox for game 7.

Drury list also missing Tro signing, which even after a bad playoff was a good first season.

 

[Filip Chytil]

Gorton vs Drury as the prime-time fight in UFC 289?

Must watch TV.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Who’s the better GM?


Jeff Gorton
- Brassard & 7th for Zibanejad & 2nd
- Nash for Lindgren, 1st (K’Andre Miller) Spooner, Beleskey, 7th
- Spooner for Strome
- Signing Panarin
- 2 2nd Rd Picks for Fox
- McDonagh & Miller for Namestnikov, Howden, Hajek, 1st, 2nd
- Signing Shattenkirk
- Signing Grabner
- Stepan & Raanta for DeAngelo & 1st
- Skjei for 1st
- Pionk, 1st for Trouba
- Keane for Gauthier
- Zuccarello for 2nd, 3rd
- Hayes for 1st, 4th, Lemieux

Chris Drury
- Buchnevich for Blais & 2nd
- Blais, 1st, 4th for Tarasenko & Mikkola
- Signing Goodrow
- Signing Nemeth
- Signing Tinordi
- Signing Reaves
- Kravtsov for 7th & Lockwood
- Barron, 1st, 2nd, 5th for Copp
- 4th for Motte
- 4th for Vatrano
- Howden for 4th
- Gauthier & Conditional 7th (turn to 2nd if we make second round) for Motte
- Lundkvist for 1st & 4th
- Georgiev for 3rd, 5th, 3rd
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th for Kane

There are moves missing from the Gorton list

2nd+3rd for Smith

2 2nds+Saarela for E.Staal

Hagelin+2nd for Etem, 2nd and 6th

Talbot+7th for 2nd, 3rd, 7th.

but Drury for the simple reason that he wasn't the one who signed Panarin.

 

[huerter]

Gorton's draft coverage on tv was so nubby. How did that guy climb the ladder?

 

[nyr2k2]

Too early to say, but I prefer what Drury has done.

 

[East Coast Bias]

While Gorton was making those moves, Drury was in Hartford not developing anyone. So there’s that piece too.

 

[Raspewtin]

Gorton is criminally overrated in hindsight but very little Drury has done impressed me. i don’t like either.

Gorton is criminally overrated in hindsight but very little Drury has done impressed

 

[NickyFotiu]

They both have done a good job but their jobs were very different. Drury also played a part with the team before Gorton was fired.

 

[TheDirtyH]

List doesn't include extensions and should. It's too early to say for sure and I'm not in love with either but it's Drury for me. Lindgren, Fox, Chytil, Igor, and even Zibanejad deals look good to very good.

Also Gorton was in charge for the 3-month benching/buyout of Henrik which I just cannot forgive.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Agreed that Gorton isn’t perfect but Drury’s list of wins is extremely small and several were quite fleeting I.e. 2022 TDL. The way he has flip flopped around trying to build a tough grinding team and the star chasing he did at the deadline this year does not inspire confidence

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Agreed that Gorton isn’t perfect but Drury’s list of wins is extremely small and several were quite fleeting I.e. 2022 TDL. The way he has flip flopped around trying to build a tough grinding team and the star chasing he did at the deadline this year does not inspire confidence

Going with Gorton. He (and JD) had a set plan and it was going fine. Dolan got impatient and Drury came in who seems to be up and down with the direction he wants to go..

 

[HANK30]

We’re not including drafting?

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

We’re not including drafting?

dunno. should we?

 

[HANK30]

dunno. should we?

Isn’t that a big part of GMing?

 

[RangersFan1994]

dunno. should we?

yes the GM does have say in it


Drury turned Lias Andersson into Will Cuyle. Great example of a trade and using that pick to pick the better player than he traded away

 

[CasusBelli]

Gorton on trading. Neither on drafting.

 

[huerter]

I could have sworn we traded Kravtsov as a sweetener to get rid of JoVo

 

[zlev]

Gorton also let Fast walk

 

[NickyFotiu]

I could have sworn we traded Kravtsov as a sweetener to get rid of JoVo

Did the Canucks board agree to that detail of the deal?

 

[nyr2k2]

dunno. should we?

I definitely think drafting should be part of the equation.

Again, it's a bit too early to fully judge Drury on that front, but it's another day point to look at when considering what the GM is responsible for.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Easy. Gorton

 

[EdJovanovski]

We’re not including drafting?

No one Drury’s drafted as played an NHL game yet so I don’t think it’s fair to compare. Gorton certainly wasn’t a great drafter, but we’ve been poor drafters long before him. Gorton is a D but Drury is an Incomplete

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

I could have sworn we traded Kravtsov as a sweetener to get rid of JoVo

jovo can stay. kravs- he just had to go.

 

[LannyMcdonald]

Drury’s body of work so far is good. He inherited the Buch situation and had no leverage. Slight overpay for Copp, but no-one’s complaining with where it got us last season. Great work on the Tank and Mikkola trade.

To me, the black mark is the Kane trade. And he actually managed the trade itself well in terms of the cost. But really just shouldn’t have done it at all - it messed up the chemistry.