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Originally Posted by GioforPM
He’s been good. I actually don’t know if any GM is elite - it’s so hard to judge, with luck, location, budgets before the cap, etc.
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Lamoriello is the first one that comes to mind:
Trading down to get Brodeur (helps offset the 'luck' factor there)
Traded for Stevens, Richer, C Lemieux, Holik, Broten, Albelin (key members of 95 cup)
Drafted Niedermayer 3OA, Guerin 5OA, Rolston 11OA.
Maclean and Daneyko were picked before he started there, but would have emerged under his watch.
The Devils got to pick 2, 3, 3, 2 from '84-'87, but didn't pick top 10 again from 1992-2011 (A Larsson). He seems to have drafted and dealt to build a lot of great teams without lucking into super-duper generational talents (though Brodeur, Stevens (via Shanahan), and Niedermayer aren't far off).
Then helped to correct Burke's mess in TOR, and got NYI back on track, too.