Jeff Gorton
American ice hockey executive
Jeff Gorton (born June 6, 1968) is an American ice hockey executive who is the president of hockey operations for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously served six seasons as general manager of the New York Rangers between 2015 and 2021. Gorton was also the interim general manager of the Boston Bruins during the 2005–06 season, replacing Mike O'Connell, who was fired on March 25, 2006.
Professional
Gorton began working for the Boston Bruins in 1992. He worked as assistant general manager for seven seasons and served as the team's interim general manager from March 25, 2006, until July 15, 2006.
In his time as interim general manager of the Bruins, Gorton most notably ran the 2006 NHL entry draft which produced for the Bruins Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand. At the same draft, Gorton traded goaltender Andrew Raycroft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for goaltender prospect Tuukka Rask. Raycroft was coming off a subpar season and his two-year stint in Toronto would prove disastrous, with the Leafs buying him out of the final year of his contract. Rask, meanwhile, had been selected in the first round of the 2005 NHL entry draft by Toronto and went on to win the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender in the 2013–14 season. Rask also backstopped the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 2013 and 2019.
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