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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Actually, the best GM's in hockey never played the game.
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That's BS. Name them.
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Originally Posted by sworkhard
Most of them from what I can tell.
Lou Lamoriello has been a great GM for most of his career, but hasn't played
Nonis never played professionally
I can't find a record of Greg Sherman playing in the NHL
Looking through the list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...neral_managers, there doesn't appear to be any correlation between NHL playing time, professional hockey games played, and ability as a General Manager. Some of the best and worst teams have former star players. On the other hand, some of the best and worst teams also have GM's who never played professionally. |
Lou played college hockey, was a college coach (talent evaluation and recruiting was part of his job), and athletic director. Nonis grew up playing hockey, played professionally in Europe, and have assistant coaching experience.
I don't think Sherman played the game, but most Avs fan think he was a puppet and that he sucks so I'm not sure how relevant using Sherman as an example to back up Feaster would be.
I have said this many times. It's about talent evaluation. Almost every GM in the league grew up playing hockey, have coached the game, worked as a scout, worked as a player agent, or did all of that. Feaster's background was that of a hockey fan. If there's nothing wrong with that then there's nothing wrong with Ken King making the decisions. Ken King has been in the hockey business for years. He's watched a ton of hockey games. He can delegate and listen to the advice of his staff.