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Originally Posted by Weitz
Most GM's prioritize keeping their job/being able to get other jobs rather than taking risks to hopefully have a better chance at winning. This is prevalent in most sports,
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In the NFL the majority of GM's were previously scouts, the next group is lawyers, and there's exactly two ex-players that are GM's and one is only in his 2nd year. In the NHL it seems that way too many ex-players become GM's without putting in their dues. A lot of them simply aren't good enough talent evaluators. The NHL would do better to graduate more scouts rather than fast track players into management roles as seems to be the norm in this league.