We can all see the bruins looking like juggernauts but for some reason Nicholson is drinking the "chairelli drafted developed bergeron Marchand" Kool-Aid.
Gretzky was involved in a few good draft picks.... He also passed on barzal 3 times.
Who are these imaginary players chairelli drafted?
Does Gretzkys debrusk type picks out weigh his barzal passes?
Chiarelli is a bad GM, but not because of his drafting or free agent signings.
Let's look at this B's roster and who was the GM when the player was acquired. The interesting time is the 2006 draft, when Chiarelli's hiring was official but he was likely working closely with Gorton.
list of GMs -
Mike O'Connell : Nov 1 2000 - end March 2006
Jeff Gorton : March 25 - May 26, 2006
Peter Chiarelli : May 26 2006 - April 15 2015
Don Sweeney : May 20 2015 - Current
Rask - Jeff Gorton (trade)
Khudobin - Peter Chiarelli (trade), Don Sweeney (FA)
David Pastrnak - Peter Chiarelli (Draft)
Brad Marchand - Peter Chiarelli (Draft) / Jeff Gorton
Patrice Bergeron - Mike O'Connell (Draft)
Torey Krug - Peter Chiarelli (College FA)
David Krejci - Mike O'Connell (Draft)
Jake DeBrusk - Don Sweeney (Draft)
Sean Kuraly - Don Sweeney (Trade)
David Backes - Don Sweeney (FA Signing)
Kevan Miller - Peter Chiarelli (College FA)
Charlie McAvoy - Don Sweeney (Draft)
Rick Nash - Don Sweeney (Trade)
Zdeno Chara - Peter Chiarelli (FA Signing, July 1st)
Ryan Donato - Peter Chiarelli (Draft)
Tommy Wingels - Don Sweeney (Trade)
Matt Grzelcyk - Peter Chiarelli (Draft)
Adam McQuaid - Peter Chiarelli (Trade)
Tim Schaller - Don Sweeney (FA Signing)
Danton Heinen - Peter Chiarelli (Draft)
Noel Acciari - Don Sweeney (College FA)
Riley Nash (Sweeney), Czarnik (Chiarelli), Bjork (Chiarelli), Carlo (Sweeney) and geezers like Holden and Gionta are all in the mix too but haven't played in the playoffs.
Final tally:
Peter Chiarelli - 11 players (full or partial credit)
Don Sweeney - 10 players
Mike O'Connell - 2 players
Jeff Gorton - 2 players
So what does this tell you?
Let Chiarelli do his thing when it comes to drafting and college free agents. Seems to do better than ok. Small to medium trades he does fine too. Big trades? Hit the panic button.