Penguins Player Grid Day 19: Best GM (All Time, Read Caption)
September 22, 2024
Mike Johnston was voted as the worst coach, who is the best GM in Penguins history?
Also, do you guys want me to go by most upvoted comment, or count up all the votes by each individual comment?
25 comments
Mike Johnston was without a doubt the worse coach. Probably by far the most accurate answer in this
It’s Rutherford, right?
And while we’re here, I can save you the next post. That one is Hextall.
Gonna be unpopular but I say Shero. Yeah, he didn’t get the most cups but every move he made you can’t shit on in a vacuum. Every move he made was eigther good or was good in the moment
Craig Patrick
GMJR
Just a few of my favorite trades:
James Neal for Hornqvist and Nick Spaling
Bortuzzo and a pick for Ian Cole
Phil Kessel Trade
Brandon Sutter (plus others) for Nick Bonino
Scuderi for Trevor Daly
Clendening and David Peron for Carl Hagelin (miss that dude)
3rd round pick for Justin Schultz
Daniel Sprong for Marcus Patterson
Trader Jim
Do we even need to waste time tomorrow or can we just put Hextal in already
Craig Patrick is the ONLY answer
Craig Patrick
Craig Patrick
It’s Craig Patrick
Also, do you guys want me to go by most upvoted comment, or count up all the votes by each individual comment?
Craig Patrick and JR are both at the top. Hard to choose between the 2. Both made numerous incredible moves that helped us win 2 cups. And both ended their tenure here with several questionable moves that hurt the franchise for years.
There’s a lot of good contenders for best GM. Patrick and Rutherford come to mind. But let’s skip the pageantry for worst and call it Hextall.
It’s Patrick and do we even need to do the next one when it’s obviously Hextall?
Craig Patrick. For sure.
Patrick, Shero and JR in that order.
For worst it’s either Hextall or Dubas. Of note, Hextall’s tenure produced a win percentage higher than Patrick’s.
Craig Patrick
Honorable mention to GMJR
Craig Patrick. He drafted Jagr while everyone else was freaked they’d never get him out of Czechoslovakia. Picked up Joey Mullen for a song. Traded John Cullen and ZZ for Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelson. Hired Badger Bob and Scotty Bowman in one fell swoop. Traded up to for the right to draft Fleury. Acquired Gonchar.
GMJR made many great acquisitions that helped build Cup teams, and is probably my favorite. But objectively, Craig Patrick practically built an All-Hall-Of-Fame team just by being aggressive and evaluating talent better than other GM contemporaries.
ron hextall
Patrick narrows out GMJR.
It’s Patrick, but it’s sad how Shero’s tenure ended. He was certainly on his way to being one of the best, but he hitched his wagon to Bylsma which was his downfall.
Winning GM of the year in 2013, and then fired in 2014 pretty much sums up how bizarre his tenure was.
Craig Patrick
I think it’s fair to say Patrick is a wrap for best GM and Hextall for worst. Let’s just skip ahead to best name and get Rutger his award.
Craig Patrick Worst GM Ron Hextall
It’s gotta be either JR or Patrick, my vote is for both to be put there.
25 comments
Mike Johnston was without a doubt the worse coach. Probably by far the most accurate answer in this
It’s Rutherford, right?
And while we’re here, I can save you the next post. That one is Hextall.
Gonna be unpopular but I say Shero. Yeah, he didn’t get the most cups but every move he made you can’t shit on in a vacuum. Every move he made was eigther good or was good in the moment
Craig Patrick
GMJR
Just a few of my favorite trades:
James Neal for Hornqvist and Nick Spaling
Bortuzzo and a pick for Ian Cole
Phil Kessel Trade
Brandon Sutter (plus others) for Nick Bonino
Scuderi for Trevor Daly
Clendening and David Peron for Carl Hagelin (miss
that dude)
3rd round pick for Justin Schultz
Daniel Sprong for Marcus Patterson
Trader Jim
Do we even need to waste time tomorrow or can we just put Hextal in already
Craig Patrick is the ONLY answer
Craig Patrick
Craig Patrick
It’s Craig Patrick
Also, do you guys want me to go by most upvoted comment, or count up all the votes by each individual comment?
Craig Patrick and JR are both at the top. Hard to choose between the 2. Both made numerous incredible moves that helped us win 2 cups. And both ended their tenure here with several questionable moves that hurt the franchise for years.
There’s a lot of good contenders for best GM. Patrick and Rutherford come to mind. But let’s skip the pageantry for worst and call it Hextall.
It’s Patrick and do we even need to do the next one when it’s obviously Hextall?
Craig Patrick. For sure.
Patrick, Shero and JR in that order.
For worst it’s either Hextall or Dubas. Of note, Hextall’s tenure produced a win percentage higher than Patrick’s.
Craig Patrick
Honorable mention to GMJR
Craig Patrick. He drafted Jagr while everyone else was freaked they’d never get him out of Czechoslovakia. Picked up Joey Mullen for a song. Traded John Cullen and ZZ for Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelson. Hired Badger Bob and Scotty Bowman in one fell swoop. Traded up to for the right to draft Fleury. Acquired Gonchar.
GMJR made many great acquisitions that helped build Cup teams, and is probably my favorite. But objectively, Craig Patrick practically built an All-Hall-Of-Fame team just by being aggressive and evaluating talent better than other GM contemporaries.
ron hextall
Patrick narrows out GMJR.
It’s Patrick, but it’s sad how Shero’s tenure ended. He was certainly on his way to being one of the best, but he hitched his wagon to Bylsma which was his downfall.
Winning GM of the year in 2013, and then fired in 2014 pretty much sums up how bizarre his tenure was.
Craig Patrick
I think it’s fair to say Patrick is a wrap for best GM and Hextall for worst. Let’s just skip ahead to best name and get Rutger his award.
Craig Patrick
Worst GM Ron Hextall
It’s gotta be either JR or Patrick, my vote is for both to be put there.