The Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award is awarded annually to the top National Hockey League general manager as voted by "a 42-member panel that included all 32 general managers, five NHL executives and five media members.
The current title holder is Jim Nill, of the Dallas Stars.
In 1993, Brian Burke, who was at the time working for the league, suggested the General Manager of the Year Award.
[3] On November 19, 2019, the NHL announced it would rename the award in honour of Jim Gregory, the recently deceased former general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and former NHL executive.
The official name is changed to the "Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award.