Rank your top GMs in the NHL right now.

1 David Poile
2 Jim Rutherford
3 Ken Holland
4 Steve Yzerman
5 Brad Treliving
6 Peter Chiarelli
7 Pierre Dorion
8 Jarmo Kekalainen
9 Ron Hextall
10 Jim Nill
11 Jim Benning
12 Marc Bergevin
13 Lou Lamoriello
14 Dale Tallon
15 Brian MacLellan
16 Bob Murray
17 Kevin Cheveldayoff
18 Doug Wilson
19 Doug Armstrong
20 John Chayka
21 Rob Blake
22 Ray Shero
23 Ron Francis
24 Chuck Fletcher
25 Don Sweeny
26 George McPhee
27 Jason Botterill
28 Jeff Gorton
29 Joe Sakic
30 Stan Bowman
31 Garth Snow

this is probably way off ... Gorton, Botterill, and Fletcher should probably be higher i guess?

Ken Holland at 3????????????? I don't care what he did in the past, he's given out too many long term contracts to players not worth it. He chose Franzen over Hossa, and he overpays big time

Stan Bowman at 30? He had a dynasty after making cap trade after cap trade after cap trade.

Ken Holland is no longer a top GM.

Here's mine:

1.) Stan Bowman
2.) David Polle
3.) John Chayka
4.) Ron Hextall
4.) Jim Rutherford

Elite -- David Poile, Jim Rutherford, John Chayka, Ron Francis, Lou Lamariello, Jim Nill

Horrendous -- Marc Bergevin, Garth Snow, Ken Holland, Joe Sakic

Too Early to Tell -- Jason Botterill, George McPhee, Rob Blake


Everyone else is somewhere in the middle, don't feel like ranking them

- Holland is way too high. The Abdelkader, Helm, Ericsson, and Daley contract have shown how inept he has become; plus he protected Howard over Mrazek for whatever reason.
- Chiarelli hasn't done anything to warrant a top 10 position; McDavid fell into his lap, he gave out those awful Lucic and Russell contracts, he should've gotten more in the Hall/Larsson trade, and he traded Davidson for Desharnais for who knows why.
- Bowman should be higher for his ability to maneuver Chicago within the cap, while still keeping the team competitive.

In no order, elites: Rutherford, Nill, Poile, Francis, Bowman, Lamariello, Tallon

Good: Chayka, Dorion, Treliving, Murray, Armstrong, Botterill (too early I guess, but still)

Middle: everyone I haven't listed

Horrendous: Benning, Sakic, Bergevin, Snow, Holland

hey, where's Hextall?

There ya go! LMAO!

? Gonna have to save that gif for later

25 straight playoff seasons ... horrible.

oh ok so then why didnt you put him at one?
Based off of your logic he should be higher than Poile and Rutherford
Forget about the past, this is about right now.

i know, that's why i have those guys higher than him.

1. David Poile
2. Steve Yzerman
3. Bob Murray
4. Brad Treliving
5. Jim Rutherford
6. Brian MacLellan
7. Ron Francis
8. Stan Bowman
9. Ron Hextall
10. John Chayka
11. Lou Lamoriello
12. Kevin Cheveldayoff
13. Jim Nill
14. Jeff Gorton
15. Chuck Fletcher
16. Jarmo Kekalainen
17. Ray Shero
18. Jason Botterill
19. Doug Armstrong
20. Chuck Fletcher
21. George McPhee
22. Don Sweeney
23. Garth Snow
24. Pierre Dorion
25. Rob Blake
26. Marc Bergevin
27. Doug Wilson
28. Peter Chiarelli
29. Jim Benning
30. Ken Holland
31. Joe Sakic

Chiraelli was up for GM of the year ... that means he's bad, right?

So what did Chiarelli DO to deserve GM of the year? What players has he drafted (other than McDavid)? What moves did he make? Were any of those moves truly good?

In my estimation, he hasn't made any, but he's done just enough to keep the team intact for the short term. He's pretty movable from 25 to 28.

over the whole few years at least, he added McDavid, Talbot, and Larsson.

So was Dorion

and Dorion's a good GM.

The only move that is paying dividends done by Chiarelli is the Talbot acquisition (drafting McDavid doesn't count, that was the easiest decision in the history of hockey). While Larsson is helping the defense, you can't help but think that there was more out there for Hall, even if he just gets a pick. The horrendous management of Jesse Puljujarvi this season can't go unnoticed. The Desharnais-Davidson trade was incredibly stupid, and he better hope this Strome for Eberle trade works for him.

lets not forget the Griffen Reinhart trade either. BOI that was BAD

Totally forgot about that one...trading a pick that could have gotten any one of: Barzal, Samsonov, Boeser, JEE, Konecny, Chabot, White, Aho, Carlo in exchange for 2 assists in 30 games, and then losing him for nothing.

he'll be a good player i think.

Griffen Reinhart is a bust. Derek Pulliot is a bust. Scott Laughton is a bust. Nail Yakupov is a bust.

These guys will never have any remembrance in the NHL other than "hey remember that bust named Griffin Reinhart?"