GM of the Year in Chaos

Minnesota Wild News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 27, 2026 · 1m

Bill Guerin just became the first Minnesota Wild GM to win the GM of the Year award — a historic moment overshadowed by chaos. Just hours before the ceremony, trade rumors for Dylan Larkin were swirling, and during the actual announcement, a technical glitch showed Guerin’s face on a giant screen while commissioner Gary Bettman completely ignored him. The award, which came after his blockbuster trade for Quinn Hughes and the team’s first playoff series win in over a decade, felt more anticlimactic than celebratory — a wild, glitchy, and oddly timed victory that turned a milestone into a…