Brian MacLellan is up for an NHL GM of the Year Award for a reason. The Washington Capitals may have suffered another early exit from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs, but MacLellan's moves over the past two years probably can't be faulted for a team that showed signs of peaking in the regular season.
After the surprisingly effective signings of Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen in 2014 and Justin Williams in 2015, plus the headline-grabbing trade for St. Louis Blues winger and Sochi superstar T.