Overview

• Jim Nill captured the 2025 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year award for a third consecutive season, a first in NHL history.
• Established in 2009, the Jim Gregory award honors the league’s top general manager for strategic and organizational leadership.
• Since joining Dallas in 2013, Nill has led the Stars to eight playoff appearances, a Stanley Cup Final berth in 2020 and four Western Conference Finals.
• Fans and analysts criticized the decision after Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito—who guided his team to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles and three straight finals—was again overlooked.
• Nill received his latest honor in a surprise presentation at a scouting dinner ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft, highlighting Dallas’s pursuit of another championship.