So if the bruins win the cup this year does Chiarelli get credit for it since he drafted Pastrnak and Heinen signed Krug and left the vet core in tact for Sweeney to inherit? Trying to discredit his success in Boston is dumb. There’s enough legitimate criticism to toss around to not have to reach for the stars the way you do constantly.
Kevin Lowe was a decent GM until Pronger broke his brain...some curious RFA signings, overpaying Horcoff, shoe-horning kids like Smid and Gagner into the line-up before they were ready
MacT would have at least been able to match Chia's record of 1 playoff appearance in 3 seasons with McDavid, if not exceed it. If MacT was in charge we'd still have Hall, wouldn't have made that Reinhart trade, and wouldn't be stuck with Lucic and Russell for the next 100 years. He was awful but Chiarelli is in a league of his own.
And what good team has Chia built? Take McDavid off the roster and this team is the worst in the league by far. All Chia had to do was keep the core group of guys and add some speedy depth players and a decent offensive top 4 RHD. He had the easiest job in the entire league and he blew it.
Pronger, Visnovsky, Pitkanen. For some reason I thought Whitney (who was a legit top pairing guy before he got hurt) was acquired by Lowe but it was Tambo.
uh huh, because of no evidence at all
an overwhelming team that can't score on the PP or kill a penalty...or get a save on the 1st shot
Pitkanen is a stretch...dude was out of the league in 4 years
He built the entire defence, acquired the conne smythe starting goalie and acquired most of the forwards and oversaw the development of all of them. He had something to do with everyone on that team. You don’t GM a team for 5 years and have no influence on players careers. If you discredit Chiarelli for Boston you can discredit pretty well every cup winning GM in history.
MacT wouldn't have traded Hall. We'd probably have Hall and Demers (who's been better than Larsson this year) instead of Lucic and Larsson.
Someone on twitter did the math recently and even with league average special teams we'd still have a negative goal differential. Don't get your hopes up, this roster will miss the playoffs again next year too.
Pitkanen was fantastic here and Hall > Stoll and Greene despite Visnovsky being 10x the player Larsson is.
Half of those aren't even good trades, they're decent at best. The Horton trade costed them a 1st rounder which became Derek Forbort, and was 1 spot ahead of Tarasenko. That's an even trade at best. The Seidenberg trade costed them a pick that became Alex Petrovic, and one of those classic "win for the Bruins for 5 years win for the Panthers after" trades.
There's a huge difference between inheriting great pieces to help build your team and inheriting the entire nucleus of a team that you build around, the former is far more difficult.
Lubo Visnovsky and Sheldon Souray are both vastly superior players to Adam Larsson. Eric Brewer and Joni Pitkanen are also of similar caliber.
and why does this lead to more wins?
they'd probably be a bubble team with league average special teams and goaltending
Pitkanen was never a true #1
Peter Chiarelli made the deal. Whether or not it was he who orchestrated it, he still made it happen.
You don't think a 90 point winger on the team with the lowest scoring wingers in the league + an upgrade on D would lead to more wins?
Exactly. If you have a generational player you should be more than a bubble team.
I never said he was. He was a pretty good #2 and a hell of a lot better than Adam Larsson.
Feel free to provide proof that the Reinhart trade was made by the OBC and not Chia.
why does Taylor Hall score 90 points here?
Nashville was a bubble team last year and went to the finals...making the playoffs automatically makes you a Cup contender in the Cap era
annnnnd out of the NHL after 500 games...what a stud
