Jim Nill wins 2024-25 Jim Gregory GM of the year award
June 28, 2025
Jim Nill wins 2024-25 Jim Gregory GM of the year award
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nothing against him as i’m sure he’s great, but really no zito? he turned this franchise into what it is now and won the franchise its first cup after 31 years
Zito snub once again
I’m surprised he didn’t win either, although at least he was nominated. But I can’t help but agree with you, completely turned Florida around from being a franchise that everyone looked past on their schedule, to a powerhouse.
Gets the win for firing PDB?
Zito..Susan Lucci of the NHL
I don’t get this award. It’s been given to GMs who did nothing for a year but team won the cup (also at same time as undeserving coach getting jack adams) in the past and it’s been given to ones who redid a team and brought it out of mediocrity. Just what exactly makes it possible for a gm to win 3 years straight and none of those years getting to the final?
Zito (despite being a stinking panther) seems more deserving as he built a team that Maurice (sorry Paul but Toronto, Winnipeg, Carolina/Hartford had some solid teams and ya came short) could win with not once but twice with a close second place right before.
I’m kinda confused as to why a gm that got a team into cap hell and then had to fire a coach after a a no-show in the western conference finals got gm of the year.
So he traded for rantaanan that amounted to idk not much playoff success?
I see a lot of Panthers fans trashing GMJN, the committee votes for this award after R1 of the playoffs.
Tell me I’m huffing copium or whatever, but this man has done an incredible job managing the Stars despite our WCF woes. From Granlund to Rantanen, he has sculpted a culture in Dallas that players want to be apart of.
I think he is more than deserving of three consecutive GM of the year awards, I’m obviously incredibly biased.
I’m a Dallas Stars fan, but Jim shouldn’t have won the award. Zito was the most deserving
Zito and Army should have been 1-2 no doubt. I don’t get this with him getting multiple.
What about Kevin Cheveldayoff? He gets guys to resign in a city nobody wants to play in.
He made the biggest splash of the season and it worked fantastic for the playoffs based on when this was voted on. I get the zito love but winning the cup isn’t part of the criteria. Marchand wasn’t that crazy of a pickup until the playoffs. Zito def deserves accolades and is amazing, but I get this choice. That being said, Nill won enough that Zito could have just been the default for image purposes lol
They should get rid of this bullshit award
Why lmao
Imagine turning a laughingstock franchise into the most feared team in the league and winning back to back cups and still not winning this award.
Doesn’t matter…when he gets his second ring in October, that will be more than enough motivation to get a third.
He built a team top to bottom with dudes hungry to win and who show up when it matters most.
Way to go Nill. 3 years in a row is quite the accomplishment.
yes, add fuel to our fire.
Hey may be deserving but, a fired coach, 2 consecutive WCF losses to the Oilers and the Stars are now in cap hell. Yeah, he’s not better than Zito as it pertains to GM. Pure trash.
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nothing against him as i’m sure he’s great, but really no zito? he turned this franchise into what it is now and won the franchise its first cup after 31 years
Zito snub once again
I’m surprised he didn’t win either, although at least he was nominated. But I can’t help but agree with you, completely turned Florida around from being a franchise that everyone looked past on their schedule, to a powerhouse.
Gets the win for firing PDB?
Zito..Susan Lucci of the NHL
I don’t get this award. It’s been given to GMs who did nothing for a year but team won the cup (also at same time as undeserving coach getting jack adams) in the past and it’s been given to ones who redid a team and brought it out of mediocrity. Just what exactly makes it possible for a gm to win 3 years straight and none of those years getting to the final?
Zito (despite being a stinking panther) seems more deserving as he built a team that Maurice (sorry Paul but Toronto, Winnipeg, Carolina/Hartford had some solid teams and ya came short) could win with not once but twice with a close second place right before.
I’m kinda confused as to why a gm that got a team into cap hell and then had to fire a coach after a a no-show in the western conference finals got gm of the year.
So he traded for rantaanan that amounted to idk not much playoff success?
I see a lot of Panthers fans trashing GMJN, the committee votes for this award after R1 of the playoffs.
Tell me I’m huffing copium or whatever, but this man has done an incredible job managing the Stars despite our WCF woes. From Granlund to Rantanen, he has sculpted a culture in Dallas that players want to be apart of.
I think he is more than deserving of three consecutive GM of the year awards, I’m obviously incredibly biased.
I’m a Dallas Stars fan, but Jim shouldn’t have won the award. Zito was the most deserving
Zito and Army should have been 1-2 no doubt. I don’t get this with him getting multiple.
What about Kevin Cheveldayoff? He gets guys to resign in a city nobody wants to play in.
He made the biggest splash of the season and it worked fantastic for the playoffs based on when this was voted on. I get the zito love but winning the cup isn’t part of the criteria. Marchand wasn’t that crazy of a pickup until the playoffs. Zito def deserves accolades and is amazing, but I get this choice. That being said, Nill won enough that Zito could have just been the default for image purposes lol
They should get rid of this bullshit award
Why lmao
Imagine turning a laughingstock franchise into the most feared team in the league and winning back to back cups and still not winning this award.
Doesn’t matter…when he gets his second ring in October, that will be more than enough motivation to get a third.
He built a team top to bottom with dudes hungry to win and who show up when it matters most.
Way to go Nill. 3 years in a row is quite the accomplishment.
yes, add fuel to our fire.
Hey may be deserving but, a fired coach, 2 consecutive WCF losses to the Oilers and the Stars are now in cap hell. Yeah, he’s not better than Zito as it pertains to GM. Pure trash.
Zito should’ve won. What a joke
Even Jim looks surprised by the results