forbes magazine released it's "best gm's for the buck" in the post-lockout nhl and darcy regier came in at #4 behind (in order) david poile (nsh,) doug wilson (sjs,) and ken holland (det)... former atlanta thrashers gm, don waddell rounded out the top-five...#6 thru #10 were (in order,) ray shero (pit,) george mcphee (wash,) jim rutheford (car,) garth snow (nyi,) and brian burke (tor)...how did regier, and especially waddel and snow, make it into the top-ten gm's besides holland, shero and mcphee?...the magazine used a points system based upon points during the regular season and points for post-season appearances as measured against payroll to define payroll dollars per point...that's how...
to sabres fans, we've watched regier's teams over the past 5 seasons and we know just how much this team rode the wave of success that came pre-july 1, 2007...after that mark, we've seen mediocre seasons with one post-season appearance in the past three years--a first-round exit, btw...take out those first two seasons, though, and he'd probably end up in the middle of the pack, just like his teams...
#4 on a forbes list is quite the honor to put on a resume', just in time, too, as the sabres seem to be on the verge of being sold to billionaire terry pegula...
it's all well and good, and regier seems to have done the job that his bosses wanted him to do...should pegula end up with the team, and should his demand to produce a stanley cup (or cups, plural) go from talk to action, would regier be able to use this ranking as the hallmark for the interview process?...if there is one?
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