George McPhee
George McPhee ( born July 2, 1958 in Guelph, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager and vice president of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League.
Playing career
During his college days McPhee played for the Bowling Green State University in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, a league game in the operation of the NCAA. There in 1979 he was elected Rookie of the Year. In 1982, he received the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the best collegiate players, the same year he was also elected to the First All- Star team in the league.
After his college days George McPhee was less successful in the NHL for the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils on the ice.
NHL stats
Manager career
In 1992, McPhee sporting director and vice-president of the Vancouver Canucks, and he later became assistant GM Pat Quinn. With McPhee, the team reached the playoffs four times and won a division title. 1994 managed the Canucks even the entry into the Stanley Cup final, which they, however, lost to McPhee's former club, the New York Rangers.
1997 McPhee received the post of general manager for the Washington Capitals, who planned a complete upheaval in so far rather unsuccessful franchise with him. Even in his first season as GM, the Capitals reached the final of the Stanley Cup, but lost 0-4 smooth with games against the Detroit Red Wings. 2000 and 2001 won the capital city of the Southeast Division title since the successful year 1998, however, she made it to today no longer able to survive the first round of the playoffs.
During the 2003/ 04 season began McPhee and the franchise owner Ted Leonsis, completely convert the preparation of the Capitals, so many new players were signed with lower wages. Major players like Sergei Gonchar, Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, Michael Nylander, Mike Grier, Robert Lang and Steve Konowalchuk were all transferred in this season to other clubs, which produced some criticism of McPhee's transfer policy. The general manager began a new beginning especially with First Overall Picks of the NHL Entry Draft in 2004, Alexander Ovechkin, but the playoffs did not reach the capital first.
As Leonsis held over the next two years to McPhee, this was with Chris Clark, Donald Brashear, Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov and Michael Nylander commit some established players, which should support the young talents during the time of the restructuring of the team.