Brent Wallace says Peter Chiarelli will be joining the Ottawa Senators

[David Bruce Banner]

 

[Mrfenn92]

Tim stuzle for Connor Murphy incoming

 

[syz]

How does that muppet keep getting hired? He made a series of great moves with the Bruins over 15 years ago and has been horrible ever since.

To copy my own post from the Babcock thread: you only have to succeed once in the NHL to have a seat at the table for life.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

My condolences Senator fans. Thinking of you today.

 

[Mike Jones]

He's back

We've been warned.

 

[syz]

Griffin Reinhart really gonna round out Ottawa's D.

 

[nturn06]

I don't think this is really a bad hire... They just have to ask his oppinion and do the opposite, and they are good.

Sometimes is great knowing what not to do

 

[bert]

I didn’t realize that pointing out Chiarelli’s terrible track record now counts as being triggered.

Winning cups?

 

[TBF1972]

He's back

my condolences sens fans

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Winning cups?

lol

also...cup*

 

[Bouboumaster]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving fanbase

 

[Shane Diesel]

He's back

Oof, so much for that bright future in Ottawa.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

But why?

If Chiarelli is in hockey ops, they'd literally be better off bringing in some math nerd off the street or hiring Chris Phillips or something to develop them for management positions, since Chiarelli has already proven he cannot perform the role in the modern NHL

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Def update when it’s clear what role


Wasn’t he an advisor to the blues recently? Maybe it’s that kind of role?

Didn't the Blues suck recently with him as advisor?

 

[FrozenJagrt]

To copy my own post from the Babcock thread: you only have to succeed once in the NHL to have a seat at the table for life.

Pretty accurate assessment and it annoys me to no end. Hell, you don't even necessarily have to have success if your name is recognized. The fact that John Ferguson Junior is still finding work blows my mind. Tortorella gets constantly goes through the same cycles with every team he coaches. Pierre McGuire somehow got hired decades after his last debacle.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Griffin Reinhart really gonna round out Ottawa's D.

Lucic and Kassian still have something in the tank, too. Ottawa needs to round out their 2nd line!

 

[Ghost of Jody Hull]

To copy my own post from the Babcock thread: you only have to succeed once in the NHL to have a seat at the table for life.

I'm pretty ambivalent about Chiarelli, but I think it's more that when NHL teams evaluate potential candidates for jobs, they factor in the entire body of their work and the recommendations/ feedback/insights of other executives working in the league.

Doug Armstrong is a very successful executive and seems like an uber-smart dude. He saw enough value in having Peter Chiarelli on his staff.

I'd take that as having more value than the opinion of many fans on HFBoards who think the guys who post colourful charts on Twitter should all be elevated into prominent roles within front-offices because look at their colourful charts!

There was a time when this forum thought George McPhee and Lindy Ruff were dinosaurs who shouldn't work in the "modern NHL".

 

[Jumptheshark]

He's back

MAKE HIM GM MAKE HIM GM

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

MAKE HIM GM MAKE HIM GM

Let's not jump the shark here. Ottawa has to hit a slump before Dorion gets fired. THEN they can make Chirelli the GM.

 

[FlameChampion]

Congrats Sens fans.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Good luck with that Ottawa.

Man might have a Harvard Law degree, but holy f*** he doesn't have a goddamn sense of how to evaluate NHL talent.

He has a UOttawa law degree, he got his undergrad from Harvard.

 

[Ezpz]

Stutzle for Gallagher and both Xhekajs. Get your grit, it is important.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Sounds like speculation from Wallace

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Good drafter, bad GM.