Obviously, General Managers are typically out for themselves and the benefit of their respective teams, but over his time with the Boston Bruins, you’d have to imagine Don Sweeney has built some relationships and established some connections that make trading with certain teams easier than others.
You can make a relatively safe assumption that he holds some good favour with at least three General Managers that he’s completed multiple transactions with. Namely the Florida Panthers’ Dale Tallon, the New Jersey Devils’ Ray Shero and New York Rangers’ Jeff Gorton.
There’s also a further nine General Managers, albeit one that is currently employed by a team with no players, Ron Francis who was recently named GM of the, as yet, unnamed Seattle NHL team that he has had trade dealings with.