I do agree that Reisbrough is the worst, followed closely by Button. As for Sutter, his penchant for big=good got the better of him for most of his tenure as gm, both in drafting and team construction, like mentioned previously in an era that soon saw speedier teams seeing success.
I remember at the time in 2007, when Sutter deviated from his norm of drafting bigger players, his selection of Backlund was mostly applauded, yet he rarely replicated that behaviour again, save for maybe Brodie.
Nearly 20 years later and Backs is still with the team, still producing and of course now captain.
Looking back at all of these GMs work, it’s hard not to think what could have been if better decisions had been made across the board. I’m hopeful, and gaining confidence, that Conroy’s tenure will be right up with Fletcher once the chapter has been written. His moves thus far, as well as the drafting, have shown that he, more than most in this discussion, has a clear consistent direction and is building his way through that vision
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