Peter Chiarelli Appreciation Thread

[StevenF1919]

Lowest scoring team in the league, Chiarelli. And you did **** all in the offseason. But hey, at least we have that precious cap space!

Read through the first couple pages in this thread if you want to have a laugh.

 

[King1s]

So... still any chiaturd fanboys around here? No?

 

[Canovin]

Good GM for drafting. Not very good at trading or handing out contracts. Have to take the good with the bad

 

[Soundwave]

He's not a terrible GM, but he's not exactly the best either. Leaves a lot to be desired. If the season doesn't turn around, he will likely have to take the fall.

I would have interest in Nashville's assistant GM Fenton. If the team currently can't cut it someone else should be in charge to retooling it so it can be, so Chia needs to go in that case.

 

[ujju2]

I don't want to rip on him, because he's a good GM. Or should I say, he was. I'm not sure his style works anymore in the league. He's good at finding guys like Letestu, Kassian, and Maroon, but we need more speed now in the league, and that's just not his specialty.

 

[RandomGuy79]

Well I give up, this whole team is complete shit. We need to blow it up and start over. This team is missing 2 top D men, and 4 top wingers.

I can't see how we even get 20 wins from this sad sack of shit right now.

 

[ujju2]

Well I give up, this whole team is complete ****. We need to blow it up and start over. This team is missing 2 top D men, and 4 top wingers.

We're not missing on D. We are missing wingers, however.

 

[CupofOil]

So... still any chiaturd fanboys around here? No?

You seem happy. Good for you I guess

 

[King1s]

You seem happy. Good for you I guess

I will be happy if he is gone before he makes another trade.

 

[Spawn]

We're not missing on D. We are missing wingers, however.

We are certainly missing on D. We were missing on D when everyone was healthy last year. The weird thing is Chiarelli acknowledged this during the end of season presser post playoffs that the defense wasn't good enough to win a cup. It's bizarre he made absolutely no effort to improve the d-core, or even plug the massive hole that Sekera was going to leave.

Seriously, who on the backend is a consistent offensive threat? Who can consistently hit a forward in stride with a pass?

 

[CupofOil]

I will be happy if he is gone before he makes another trade.

Well, I have no defense anymore so...

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

We are certainly missing on D. We were missing on D when everyone was healthy last year. The weird thing is Chiarelli acknowledged this during the end of season presser post playoffs that the defense wasn't good enough to win a cup. It's bizarre he made absolutely no effort to improve the d-core, or even plug the massive hole that Sekera was going to leave.

Seriously, who on the backend is a consistent offensive threat? Who can consistently hit a forward in stride with a pass?

Nobody. The inactivity during the off-season was completely baffling and the more I watch the more I lean towards "indefensible".

 

[MessierII]

I don't want to rip on him, because he's a good GM. Or should I say, he was. I'm not sure his style works anymore in the league. He's good at finding guys like Letestu, Kassian, and Maroon, but we need more speed now in the league, and that's just not his specialty.

Kassian is probably the 2nd fastest forward on the team.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I will be happy if he is gone before he makes another trade.

we need MacT back, or Tambo

or Lowe

 

[StevenF1919]

we need MacT back, or Tambo

or Lowe

You act like those are our only options and so we should be happy that we've got Chiarelli

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Kassian is probably the 2nd fastest forward on the team.

He must be flying around the ice because I haven't seen him all season.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

You act like those are our only options and so we should be happy that we've got Chiarelli

we had more points (103) in almost 30 years with Chia as GM
sorry if I'm willing to give him a chance

 

[Canovin]

we had more points (103) in almost 30 years with Chia as GM
sorry if I'm willing to give him a chance

Chia had a lot to work with. The McDavid factor, Schultz, Hall, Yak, Ebs, 2015 1st and 2nd. The list goes on. If he can't build a winning team than he should get canned. I've been saying this. The Reinhart trade did the Oilers more damage than people are willing to admit.

 

[StevenF1919]

we had more points (103) in almost 30 years with Chia as GM
sorry if I'm willing to give him a chance

103 points doesn't mean shit if you don't even make the playoffs the next year.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Chia had a lot to work with. The McDavid factor, Schultz, Hall, Yak, Ebs, 2015 1st and 2nd. The list goes on. If he can't build a winning team than he should get canned. I've been saying this. The Reinhart trade did the Oilers more damage than people are willing to admit.

so did MacT...his team finished bottom 5 every year

103 points doesn't mean **** if you don't even make the playoffs the next year.

yes it does

it means you've built a pretty darn good team...and there's 74 games to go, throw in the towel all you want
I won't

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

If this team misses the playoffs this year then that completely wipes out the previous season. This team is supposed to be cotending for a Cup and they don't even look like a freakin playoff team.

 

[Canovin]

so did MacT...his team finished bottom 5 every year

yes it does

it means you've built a pretty darn good team...and there's 74 games to go, throw in the towel all you want
I won't

MacT wasn't good to begin with. That's was a given.

Good teams don't miss the playoffs

 

[StevenF1919]

so did MacT...his team finished bottom 5 every year

yes it does

it means you've built a pretty darn good team...and there's 74 games to go, throw in the towel all you want
I won't

Does this team look darn good to you?

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

MacT wasn't good to begin with. That's was a given.

Good teams don't miss the playoffs

Oilers haven't been eliminated yet

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Does this team look darn good to you?

yes they do, they can't score at the moment
they played well enough to win all 3 road games but couldn't finish

the Preds started 2-5-1 last year...we all know how that ended