McGarnagle
Yes.
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No GM is perfect and Chiarelli had a series of blunders in 2014. He probably deserved his firing but Sweeney gets much more rope to make mistakes because he's Cam's boy.
Chia went all in for the 2014 Cup with the Seguin trade and signing Iginla to an incentive-heavy over-35 contract. It failed in the second round as shit happens. But because of the iggy deal pushing cap hits onto the 14-15 cap, he had to extricate his way out of that. He had to jettison a defenseman and he decided to keep Seidenberg coming off an ACL tear over Boychuk, and history quickly showed that was the wrong decision. The 2015 team had a lot of injuries - if Krejci is healthy they at least make the playoffs as an 8 seed and I think that Chia keeps his job. The real death knell for Chiarelli's tenure here was the Brett Connolly trade at the deadline. Two 2nd rounders for a guy who breaks his hand in his first practice and doesn't see the ice until there are only 3 games left and they're out of a playoff spot.
Again, Chia went all in for another cup and it didn't work out. I don't think I disagree with his termination but Sweeney has made just as big mistakes and keeps his job.
Just like how no one's perfect, no one is completely futile as well. Don's had his good moments, signing our stars to some great contract extensions and making some decent trades along the way. In retrospect, would you go back to 2015 and just keep Chiarelli on as GM? I go back and forth on it
Chia went all in for the 2014 Cup with the Seguin trade and signing Iginla to an incentive-heavy over-35 contract. It failed in the second round as shit happens. But because of the iggy deal pushing cap hits onto the 14-15 cap, he had to extricate his way out of that. He had to jettison a defenseman and he decided to keep Seidenberg coming off an ACL tear over Boychuk, and history quickly showed that was the wrong decision. The 2015 team had a lot of injuries - if Krejci is healthy they at least make the playoffs as an 8 seed and I think that Chia keeps his job. The real death knell for Chiarelli's tenure here was the Brett Connolly trade at the deadline. Two 2nd rounders for a guy who breaks his hand in his first practice and doesn't see the ice until there are only 3 games left and they're out of a playoff spot.
Again, Chia went all in for another cup and it didn't work out. I don't think I disagree with his termination but Sweeney has made just as big mistakes and keeps his job.
Just like how no one's perfect, no one is completely futile as well. Don's had his good moments, signing our stars to some great contract extensions and making some decent trades along the way. In retrospect, would you go back to 2015 and just keep Chiarelli on as GM? I go back and forth on it