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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Personally I feel the NHL should go the way of NFL in hiring GM's with business/law degrees surrounded by quality scouts and ex-coaches. There are too many ex-players and scouts with no business acumen running organizations. It's laughable that guys like Jim Benning (good talent evaluator but that's it) are handed the keys to an organization.
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That's funny in a sad way for the Flames, because I remember when Craig Button was made the GM and the biggest reason for why it was a good hire is because he was supposedly a great scout and talent evaluator. It is becoming such a small part of a GM job if you build the proper staff.