Inside the NHL’s Power Brokers: Who Truly Runs the League’s Most Dominant Franchises?
Here are the final rankings for 2025, along with execs’ assessments of their peers.
1. Florida Panthers
Total points: 311 (25 first-place votes, appeared on 36 ballots)
Owner: Vincent Viola
GM and president of hockey operations: Bill Zito
Last year: 3
A year ago, despite winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in their history, the Panthers received just nine first-place votes out of 40. This time, our panel had seen enough. There was no longer any concern about recency bias — just respect for the beast Zito and Co. have constructed and sustained.
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