NHL’s New Wave of GMs Is Built Different: ‘I Am in the Prediction Business’

Hall-of-Fame pedigrees are taking a backseat to analytics backgrounds and youthful perspectives. When Sunny Mehta stepped into the Devils front office in April as a first-time general manager, he was not a total outsider. The New Jersey native worked in the organization as their director of analytics in 2014. He won two Stanley Cups with the Panthers as an assistant GM and head of analytics, which raised his profile to the level of being considered for GM openings this past offseason. Still, despite his NHL front-office experience, Mehta does not look like many GMs of the past.