With the departure of Pierre Gauthier as the General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens, interim General Manager Serge Savard, along with principal owner Geoff Molson, will have the task of determining the next man to lead Les Bleu, Blanc et Rouge. 

Though no one in the organization has commented on who might be the next general manager, there are a few candidates who stand out even at this stage.

Whoever is chosen as the next GM, the Habs will likely want to get the hiring process done fairly quickly, at least in enough time to allow their new GM to prepare for the 2012 draft on June 22 in Pittsburgh.

But who might they hire? Check out the list below, have any suggestions of people we missed, leave them in the comments.

Marc Bergevin - The Assistant GM of the Chicago Blackhawks, is known to many hockey fans as the guy whothrew the puck into his own net. He made his bones as an NHL executive with the Blackhawks, climbing the organizational ladder after starting as a scout in 2005. His is in his first season as the Assistant GM in Chicago and might be a bit light on experience, but he's 46, the perfect age to make the jump to the top job, a Montreal native and a rising star in the ranks of NHL front office people.