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Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award

GM of the Year / 16 seasons awarded

Description: First awarded in 2009-10, the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award is presented annually “to the League’s most outstanding general manager.” Voting: NHL general managers and a panel of League executives, print and broadcast media vote for the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award at the conclusion of the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists. History: The NHL General Manager of the Year Award first was presented in 2009-10. It was renamed in 2019-20 in honor of Jim Gregory, the 2007 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee who served as Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and a League executive for four decades. 2024-25 Winner: Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill won the 2024-25 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award to become the first executive in the trophy’s 15-year history to post three straight victories. Nill was named on 37 of 42 ballots as a top-three selection, including 17 first-place votes, for 139 voting points. The Florida Panthers’ Bill Zito received 12 first-place votes and finished second in balloting with 102 points, followed by the Winnipeg Jets’ Kevin Cheveldayoff (6 first-place votes, 52 points). Nill’s Stars (50-26-6, 106 points) ranked fifth in the NHL’s overall standings during the regular season, marking the first time the franchise posted a top-five finish in consecutive seasons since the Presidents’ Trophy-winning teams in 1997-98 and 1998-99. Dallas then advanced to the Conference Finals for the third straight season and fourth time in six years. Nill bolstered a perennially strong roster by adding center Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci (from SJS) in early February and made headlines at the March 7 Trade Deadline with the acquisition of right wing Mikko Rantanen (from CAR). Rantanen led the Stars in playoff scoring with 9-13—22 in 18 contests, including a historic third-period hat trick in Game 7 of the First Round vs. COL.

Season	Result	Recipient	Team
2024-25	Winner	Jim Nill	DAL
2024-25	Runner-up	Bill Zito	FLA
2024-25	Finalist	Kevin Cheveldayoff	WPG
2023-24	Winner	Jim Nill	DAL
2023-24	Runner-up	Patrik Allvin	VAN
2023-24	Finalist	Bill Zito	FLA
2022-23	Winner	Jim Nill	DAL
2022-23	Runner-up	Don Sweeney	BOS
2022-23	Finalist	Bill Zito	FLA
2021-22	Winner	Joe Sakic	COL
2021-22	Runner-up	Julien BriseBois	TBL
2021-22	Finalist	Chris Drury	NYR
2020-21	Winner	Lou Lamoriello	NYI
2020-21	Runner-up	Marc Bergevin	MTL
2020-21	Finalist	Bill Zito	FLA
2019-20	Winner	Lou Lamoriello	NYI
2019-20	Runner-up	Julien BriseBois	TBL
2019-20	Finalist	Jim Nill	DAL
2018-19	Winner	Don Sweeney	BOS
2018-19	Runner-up	Doug Armstrong	STL
2018-19	Finalist	Don Waddell	CAR
2017-18	Winner	George McPhee	VGK
2017-18	Runner-up	Kevin Cheveldayoff	WPG
2017-18	Finalist	Steve Yzerman	TBL
2016-17	Winner	David Poile	NSH
2016-17	Runner-up	Peter Chiarelli	EDM
2016-17	Finalist	Pierre Dorion	OTT
2015-16	Winner	Jim Rutherford	PIT
2015-16	Runner-up	Brian MacLellan	WSH
2015-16	Finalist	Jim Nill	DAL
2014-15	Winner	Steve Yzerman	TBL
2014-15	Runner-up	Glen Sather	NYR
2014-15	Finalist	Bob Murray	ANA
2013-14	Winner	Bob Murray	ANA
2013-14	Runner-up	Marc Bergevin	MTL
2013-14	Finalist	Dean Lombardi	LAK
2012-13	Winner	Ray Shero	PIT
2012-13	Runner-up	Bob Murray	ANA
2012-13	Finalist	Marc Bergevin	MTL
2011-12	Winner	Doug Armstrong	STL

Source

NHL records archive, ingested in Phase 18. Winner, runner-up and finalist rows link to surfaced Forensic Hockey player, goalie or team pages when the recipient resolves inside the accepted era.