The Milbury Trophy: Worst Executive of the Year

[Hasbro]

Who is your pick for the worst exec of 2017-18? The unwanted Milbury trophy.

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[Bronson]

That guy in the Senators.

 

[IslesNorway]

Until recently Garth Snow would have been an obvious choice (as usual) but the recent crap coming out of Ottawa, pretty much ensure their entire organization should win it

 

[kerrabria]

2017-18 means from the 2017 Cup Final until the 2018 Cup Final including the 2017 Entry/Expansion Drafts right?

Cus then it's Tallon. And it's really not close.

 

[Hasbro]

2017-18 means from the 2017 Cup Final until the 2018 Cup Final including the 2017 Entry/Expansion Drafts right?

Pretty much, I was late coming up with this idea.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Tallon

Smith/JAM for a 4th might be bad enough for me to preemptively name him the worst GM of 2018/2019 as well.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Finalists:
Peter Chiarelli
Pierre Dorion
Marc Bergevin

 

[Garbage Goal]

Florida's because of the expansion draft primarily. That's Tallon right?

 

[Pens x]

the answer has to be Tallon

 

[Silky mitts]

For the last 12 months Tallon, Bergevin and the guy for Ottawa are weighed down from their insane moves from the previous 12 months.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

How the hell is a GM going to be the worst GM of the year by improving his team by 15 points in the standings?

Yeah, I knew people was going to come with Tallon. Results on the ice is what matters to me. The last 3 years with him as the GM his teams have improved pretty dramatically in the standings. If we're not counting that, what are we here for? And yes, in the 2016-2017 season where the team sucked (with March and Smith in the lineup), he was not the GM.

I guess trades > everything else.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I say it's a tie between Bergevin and Chiarelli.

 

[Hivemind]

The entire front office in Ottawa, AINEC

 

[voxel]

George McPhee?

A year ago this guy was taking some serious hate.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Finalists:
Peter Chiarelli
Pierre Dorion
Marc Bergevin

No Dale Talon?

 

[HockeyThoughts]

How the hell is a GM going to be the worst GM of the year by improving his team by 15 points in the standings?

Yeah, I knew people was going to come with Tallon. Results on the ice is what matters to me. The last 3 years with him as the GM his teams have improved pretty dramatically in the standings. If we're not counting that, what are we here for? And yes, in the 2016-2017 season where the team sucked (with March and Smith in the lineup), he was not the GM.

I guess trades > everything else.

A rise up the standings from bottom feeder to bubble team is definitely not noteworthy enough to make anyone forget that Dale Tallon traded away 2/3rds of the top line of the Stanley Cup runnerups

 

[GeeoffBrown]

This is a tough one because there are a few GMs that made spectacularly awful moves. I think Chiarelli might be the worst.

If we're talking management in general, then the Oilers win this hands down. They seem more concerned about the 1980s Oilers than the 2018 Oilers.

 

[Crede777]

George McPhee?

A year ago this guy was taking some serious hate.

I want to see what he does regarding the unexpected and unlikely success his team had this season.

He could quickly go from looking like a genius to being a moron who handicapped his team for the foreseeable future if he goes all in for winning now and it blows up.

Need to keep building their prospect pool and they really need to use their cap space intelligently.

 

[Brobust]

Toss up between Dorion and Chiarelli.

Tallon's bad but somewhat redeemed by the Dadonov signing.
Bergevin's bad but at least he acquires decent players, even though he gives up better players in the deals.

 

[PuckSeparator]

He might not win it this year, but Bergevin deserves votes for at least a #2 finish. Worst of all is that it's not over yet, so with a bit of effort he might end the year (draft) as the top choice.

 

[Warden of the North]

Dorion, Tallon, Bergevin,

 

[Tom Brady]

Peter Chiarelli, hand's down.

 

[MoeBartoli]

Finalists:
Peter Chiarelli
Pierre Dorion
Marc Bergevin

And the winner is ----- Peter Chiarelli.

And the Lifetime achievement Award - Marc Bergevin

 

[PunkRockLocke]

1. Dorion (because of the Duchene trade, amongst other things)
2. Chiarelli (because, well, the Oilers)
3. Tallon (expansion draft)

 

[kerrabria]

How the hell is a GM going to be the worst GM of the year by improving his team by 15 points in the standings?

Yeah, I knew people was going to come with Tallon. Results on the ice is what matters to me. The last 3 years with him as the GM his teams have improved pretty dramatically in the standings. If we're not counting that, what are we here for? And yes, in the 2016-2017 season where the team sucked (with March and Smith in the lineup), he was not the GM.

I guess trades > everything else.

C'mon man, you're an actual Panthers fan, you know exactly why the Cats improved 15 points.

1) Huberdeau played an extra 51 games
2) Barkov played an extra 18 games
3) Ekblad played an extra 14 games, without 2 lingering concussions, and just overall took a huge step forward
4) Matheson was no longer a rookie
5) Bjugstad played an extra 27 more games and wasn't a putrid detriment to the team every time he was on the ice
6) Dadonov came on the squad.

Dale gets credit for exactly 1 of those things.

And as for the 3 year improvement? We're talking about specifically about the previous season. Tallon has did a good job drafting Ekblad, Barkov, and Matheson, but Rowe made a lot of good moves too. Tallon sabotaged the team this year by losing Smith, Marchessault, Jagr and Jokinen and replacing our 2nd - 5th most important wings with Dadonov, McGinn, Vrbata, Mamin and Haley.


Tallon's choices...
-at the expansion draft
-during UFA
-trades he made (Demers)
-trades he tried to make (Original Demers for Guds)
-handling of draft (picking Tippet over Vilardi)
-handling of prospects (losing Mascherin and burning a year off Borg for nothing)
-handling of the budget order from ownership
Make him the clear winner of the GM Raspberry this year.