In the middle of the NHL Draft, the Colorado Avalanche only cared about one piece of news for themselves. This news was Joe Sakic winning the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year award in Montreal.
Celebrating his 53rd birthday today, he brings the Colorado Avalanche more hardware into the trophy cabinet this season. It is the first time he’s won the award, and deservingly so. Sakic had been in the running with the New York Rangers GM Chris Drury and the Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien BriseBois.