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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I have the same fear. I do look at the recent success of former NHL'ers though.
Sakic in Colorado, Yzerman in Tampa (and now Detroit), Blake is doing well in LA, and Shanahan holding the top job in Toronto. There definitely seems to be some former players doing very good jobs out there.
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Funny how you are defining recent success for some of these guys. If they were Flames GM’s would these not be mediocre results of first round exits and non-playoff years outside of Yzerman and a lesser extent Yzerman.
Shanahan has been with the Leafs as long as Treliving has been here and they have won less. They made the playoffs in 17-19, and in 21 so 4 of those 7 years and lost in the first round every year. In the same timeframe the Flames made it 4 times in 7 years and won a single round.
Pretty much the same except Shanahan took over a team that had picked top 10 in 3 of the previous 6 years and Treliving only 1 top 10 pick when he joined.
Is holding the top job mean he is good at it?
Pretty quick to crown Blake as well.