I don't think there's any reason that a woman couldn't work her way up to a GM's position in the NHL. Look at Jay Feaster, he started out as a junior lawyer assigned to work with the Hershey Bears, and eventually found himself as an NHL GM, twice. That sounds similar to what Kim Ng did in MLB (except she actually played softball in college).
There are a lot of women playing hockey in the NCAA, and they're probably getting a better education than a lot of the guys playing NCAA hockey because they don't have any pro hockey dreams. I'm sure a few of them could find their way into an NHL front office.
Are there any female scouts? That's another role I don't think would be gender limited.
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Originally Posted by Barbecue
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As GM, she'll have to make trades with 29 other male GMs to improve her roster. I cant see that ending too well with the other GMs trying to target her and making ridiculous trade proposals
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All new GMs are going to have someone try to take advantage of them. What's important is how they react to it.
Doug Risebrough was one of the toughest SOBs in the NHL when he played, but that didn't stop Cliff Fletcher from taking him to school once he became a GM.
If I was an owner and found out that my team could have traded for a top calibre player but didn't get the deal done just because my GM wanted to prove some chauvinistic point to a woman GM, that would be the last day that GM worked for my team.