Overview
- The NHL announced on June 27, 2026 that Guerin won the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award after appearing on 37 of 40 ballots and totaling 131 points.
- Voters credited Guerin chiefly for the December blockbuster that brought star defenseman Quinn Hughes to Minnesota and reshaped the Wild’s blue line.
- Minnesota finished the regular season with 104 points, won a first-round series over the Dallas Stars, and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals before losing to Colorado.
- Guerin also made multiple supporting moves—signing Nico Sturm, acquiring Vladimir Tarasenko and adding deadline pieces such as Bobby Brink, Nick Foligno, Michael McCarron and Jeff Petry—that helped sustain the club through cap constraints.
- The award is the first for a Wild GM and comes as Guerin faces immediate decisions this summer, most importantly negotiating Hughes’s extension and balancing Kirill Kaprizov’s long-term deal against the team’s salary-cap plan.