Flyers GM Briere got first-place vote for GM of the Year award

Danny Briere has been in the position of general manager for the Philadelphia Flyers for just over a year but he is already getting some national recognition for the job he has done. Announced on Monday, the NHL's GM of the Year award was given to the Dallas Stars' Jim Nill, but further on down through the voting results, Briere sits comfortably towards the bottom of the list. The annual award is voted on by the 32 general managers across the NHL, and a panel of executives across the league and print and broadcast media members after the second round of the playoffs are done and over with.