How much confidence does each front office around the league inspire? That’s the question I aim to answer every August, using the power of the people as a resource toward answering it.



Each front office has its ability graded in six categories: Roster building, cap management, drafting and development, trading, free agency and vision. The total score was based on how important respondents felt each category was in the first survey. (You can find the second and third surveys here and here).



The fourth annual version is the best one yet, leveraging the dedicated user-base The Athletic has cultivated in each NHL market.



In prior years, this survey was all about the court of public opinion where survey respondents would grade every team, not just theirs. There were some concerns with that, but it was a necessary evil to combat sample size issues with certain fanbases. While public opinion is still important to keep fan-base bias in check, the sample size...