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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Poile is a good example. He would have been fired several times over by the fans of this board if he was the Flames GM.
I'd say it takes at least 5 years for an NHL GM to have enough of a body of work to judge him by. That's too short of a time-frame to complete a rebuild of an asset-starved franchise like the Flames, so you need other metrics besides "turned team into Stanley Cup contender."
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Poile has been a GM for 36 years in the NHL. Would you trade 1 Stanley Cup win and 2 Finals appearances for Poile's record during that time?
There is a lot to like about David Poile, and he has a strong regular season record. But a whole bunch of teams have cycled through GM's during his 36 years and were able to put up some banners. Is Nashville good now because of Poile or due to the law of averages?