GM of the year finalists

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Doug Armstrong (St. Louis), David Poile (Nashville), and Dale Tallon (Florida)

Armstrong, Poile and Tallon nominated for NHL GM award

 

[jstewismybastardson]

no Holmgren

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Gillis won it last year and in a couple minutes he's going to sit down in front of 15 cameras and explain what went wrong witht he canucks

hot seat!

 

[jerseyjigroe]

no Holmgren

Yeah, they must be on crack.

 

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Gillis won it last year and in a couple minutes he's going to sit down in front of 15 cameras and explain what went wrong witht he canucks

hot seat!

Maybe he should have waited until the off-season to trade CoHo?

 

[mooger_35]

Maybe he should have waited until the off-season to trade CoHo?

My thinking as well

 

[dash]

I agree, Holmgren should have made the finals, he made some bold and daring moves that really paid off this season.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Maybe he should have waited until the off-season to trade CoHo?

My thinking as well

Gillis (a second ago): "I spent more time on issues with Cody than any other player on this team"

oh to have been a fly on the wall during Coho's meeting / non-meeting with Vigneault

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Should be Holmgren, Tallon and Armstrong.

Bryan Murray should actually get an HM here too. The Turris trade has been very good for the Sens, and the Bishop deal may have saved their season. He also had a fantastic draft last summer. He isn't a finalist for this year but he deserves mention as a top 5 or 6 this season.

Poile made lots of moves at the deadline but really.. were they good moves. Kostitsyn, Gill and to a lesser extent Gaustad have provided pretty weak returns for a 1st, 2 seconds and Geoffrion.

Nashville is good because of Poile's work over the last several years, not particularly because of his work in 2011-2012.

 

[awaz]

Should be Holmgren, Tallon and Armstrong.

Bryan Murray should actually get an HM here too. The Turris trade has been very good for the Sens, and the Bishop deal may have saved their season. He also had a fantastic draft last summer. He isn't a finalist for this year but he deserves mention as a top 5 or 6 this season.

Poile made lots of moves at the deadline but really.. were they good moves. Kostitsyn, Gill and to a lesser extent Gaustad have provided pretty weak returns for a 1st, 2 seconds and Geoffrion.

Nashville is good because of Poile's work over the last several years, not particularly because of his work in 2011-2012.

my thinking exactly on nashville

and aside from hiring hitch, did the blues really do anything differently than what they had last year? was elliot new maybe? my western conference knowledge doesn't run deep enough

i think its appauling that homer isnt a finalist

 

[elocomotive]

I agree that Holmgren should have been nominated, but GM of the Year often works like macroeconomics, there's a 1-4 year lag to it.

 

[awaz]

I agree that Holmgren should have been nominated, but GM of the Year often works like macroeconomics, there's a 1-4 year lag to it.

true.. and i feel it often times goes to the team that's the biggest surprise.. regardless of what was actually surprising (be it a trade that worked out, or just a mediocre player having a breakout season, the latter of which has very little to do with the GM)

 

[elocomotive]

true.. and i feel it often times goes to the team that's the biggest surprise.. regardless of what was actually surprising (be it a trade that worked out, or just a mediocre player having a breakout season, the latter of which has very little to do with the GM)

Good points.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

What a joke. Holmgren should win the award period. It's really not even close. He set the Flyers up for the next decade plus during the offseason.

 

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[jstewismybastardson]

the Bryz deal cost Holmgren

i think if he traded JVR for Schneider when it was out there, you could nomintae him for this award for the next 5 years

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Out of those 3, Tallon seems like the no brainer to me. He brought in a bunch of guys with question marks that have wound up paying dividends. Campbell and Versteeg have been solid, Theodore had a bit of a resurgence this year as well. Did anybody see Florida winning the division and potentially getting to the 2nd round?

 

[forty_three]

the Bryz deal cost Holmgren

i think if he traded JVR for Schneider when it was out there, you could nomintae him for this award for the next 5 years

That seriously almost happened?

Oh. My. God.

 

[puckhead]

That seriously almost happened?

Oh. My. God.

JVR became untouchable after had a good playoff run last year.