Does Brent Flahr Deserve a Shot at a GM Job?

There are 30 NHL General Manager jobs.

Should they?

Brent Flahr came to the Minnesota Wild very early in Chuck Fletcher's tenure, in July 2009. He had worked with Chuck Fletcher twice, in Anaheim and in Florida. He had served in a variety of roles, from scouting to Assistant General Managing.

Of course, there's more to being a General Manager than scouting, and what kind of role that Flahr takes in terms of negotiations, dealing with agents, managing the cap, and the like are pretty unknown to the public. For all we know, these might be things that Flahr is fairly disinterested in. But given his track record and the Wild's success in scouting, I'd think that he showed enough to open more eyes than he seems to have.

At the end of the day, though, what would be a good thing for Flahr might be a huge blow to the Wild. As long as he's running the Minnesota Wild's draft board, I'm not complaining.