Which Former GM would you hire?

[centipede2233]

Your the new owner of an NHL expansion team and Gary bettman has recommended 4 candidates to fill your vacant GM spot. You are being forced by bettman to choose one of the 4.

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[TBF1972]

i quickly sell the team before the bettman condition goes public.

 

[bobholly39]

Bergevin.

He has a lot of faults (obviously) - but I still prefer him to the other 3, quite easily.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Fletcher.

Just to find out what his app is.

 

[ponder719]

Given what I just lived through, I can't believe I'm saying this, but Fletcher. He's known to be collaborative to the point of being a rubber stamp, so I pick him to get Gary off my ass, then hire a bunch of "senior advisors" who have experience being better GMs than Chuck could ever dream of being, and tell him that their positive input on his decisions will be required.

 

[amnesiac]

Bergevin still made a few great moves: Suzuki/Tatar for Pacioretty, Danault/Romanov for Fleichmann/Weiss, drafted Caufield, Guhle

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Not on the list but I'm surprised Mike Gillis has not been given another shot

 

[Hockeyholic]

Bergevin is the best of a rotten bunch here.

Chiarelli made key moves in Boston to win the cup. Up until about 2012 he was a very good GM. He fell apart after that.

 

[Golden_Jet]

None, so didn’t vote

 

[Three On Zero]

Not on the list but I'm surprised Mike Gillis has not been given another shot

Gillis doesn’t belong in the same category as these 4, that’s why he isn’t on the list

 

[biturbo19]

Jimmefer Benning please.


He f***ed up a lot, but he also put in place some genuine building blocks for the franchise. That's the main thing i think.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Bergevin AINEC

 

[Play]

Jim Benning simply because of Pettersson and Hughes

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Easily Bergevin, as the results also indicate.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Jim Benning simply because of Pettersson and Hughes

I wouldn't be so quick to give him credit (especially given what we know of his abilities as a GM).

There were pretty well-circulated murmurs that Gradin pushed heavily for Pettersson and Brackett (and even Weisbrod) pushed heavily for Hughes.

Gradin is known for being an expert on Swedish prospects and Brackett is known for his affinity for US prospects.

It's no surprise that the Wild have one of the best prospect pools in the league ever since Benning pushed Brackett out of the organization.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Habs fan saying Benning

Bergevin was great at trading players but he sucked at negociating and made unforgivable sins like loosing for nothing Danault and Romanov, and did also "other stuff" (like, you know, drafting Logan Mailloux)

Benning has flaws (he also suck at negociating) but at least he can draft (which would help, since Bergevin put us at the bottom of the barrel)

 

[wintersej]

Chia has his name on the Cup and was the reason Chara came to Boston. Poll results are insane.

 

[BLNY]

 

[82Ninety42011]

Bergevin looks like a genius beside these other three.

 

[Just Linda]

I'd go Bergevin easily. Bergevin was good at a lot of things, he just lacked direction and failed at some key aspects of team management. A team with him as a GM but a competent President of Hockey Ops above him likely would do pretty well.

 

[M2Beezy]

Bergevin still made a few great moves: Suzuki/Tatar for Pacioretty, Danault/Romanov for Fleichmann/Weiss, drafted Caufield, Guhle

Yeah but Benning won the Granlund/Shinkaruk trade which had MONUMENTAL effects on the league for YEARS afterwords...

 

[wintersej]

Bergevin looks like a genius beside these other three.

Which Cup did Bergevin win?

 

[BruinsFan37]

What no Milbury?

Condition has no stipulation that you need to keep them for X amount of years (or even a full season).

I'd pick the worst GM possible so that I'd have grounds for firing them as soon as possible, already having the GM I really wanted lined up to replace them.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

It cannot be emphasized enough how stupid Jim Benning is. He had a fever, and the only prescription was eating more crayons.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Which Cup did Bergevin win?

Canadian Tire Cup little tikes.