awarded for the league's worst management
The nominees are:
The Montreal Canadiens
Montreal went into this year's offseason with ten unrestricted free agents. Bob Gainey has exercised his usual laziness (often mistaken for patience), claiming that he cannot do anything until the team has a new owner. This has not stopped him from hiring a mediocre coach, however, invited collective head-scratching for such a hypocritical move. Combined with an annual unwillingness to help the team make a playoff push come the trade deadline, and waiting until it was far too late to fire a coach who should never have been hired, Montreal can be considered one of the worst-managed teams in the NHL.
The New York Islanders
A team that has been badly managed for over two decades, the Islanders scream "bush-league." A General Manager who was hired from the backup-goalie's spot on the bench and a starting (and usually injured) goalie due to become a UFA in 2021, make the Islanders a joke.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning
A bloated contract for Vincent Lecavalier is only the tip of the iceberg in Tampa. The Lightning's management is so dysfunctional, they fired a coach for Lecav, hired another, only to fire him 16 games into the season. The team is effectively run by Lecavalier, and is being run into the ground.
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