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Originally Posted by Robbob
Yeah he has been pretty good so far. When the story came out that a 2nd round pick was on the table and he said there is no way he is making it. Naturally I thought that the cost would have been a 3rd. I wonder if there was a bit of a bidding war because that seems like quite the jump from 2nd to 5th.
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He's of the new school of General Manager's that come from a Sports Management/Agent background. I'd be shocked if this grouping didn't make up the majority of GMs in a few years. It seems the NHL is starting to realize somebody with education around sports management and business might make a more qualified GM than a former player. I don't mean this to disparage against former players turned GMs (Conroy has been fantastic, although he does have college education to back it up), but I just see it being more likely owners will trust their billion dollar franchises to more of Hughes' type moving forward.