Of course opinions vary, but I think this GM search ultimately worked out as well as possible for the New York Islanders with the hiring of Mathieu Darche as GM and executive vice president. After what felt like a slow start given the attention around it, they got an answer and firm direction before the Memorial Day weekend, and — despite their best reported efforts — dodged doing the Same Old Thing with another old school guy like Kenny Holland.
They did not end up, as was rumored, with an awkward power-sharing regime with co-GMs or a President brought into oversee an already chosen GM, which has yet to prove successful in the NHL.