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Grading the offseason: Metropolitan Division

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Grading the offseason: Metropolitan Division

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  • Craig CustanceClose
    • Senior NHL writer for ESPN The Magazine
    • Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    • Wrote for The Sporting News
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Over the past couple years, the franchises in the Metropolitan division have embarked on an evolution from long-tenured, respected and entrenched bosses like Jim Rutherford, Glen Sather, Paul Holmgren, George McPhee and Lou Lamoriello, to the new generation of general managers.