Speculation: Has Peter Chiarelli Finally Learned His Lesson?

[ottomaddox]

Has Peter Chiarelli finally learned his lesson?

Best Quote:

"Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli is the NHL’s most infamous trader.
The list of players that have been dealt away during his watch in Boston and Edmonton is an impressive one and includes the likes of Blake Wheeler, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle. Most general managers go an entire career without having that many All-Star level forwards in their grasp, let alone trading them all away them."

^One should note that there's no mention of who the return was in those trades.

EDM fans it's time to weigh in on the fact that Chia made very few moves this offseason. What's next? The trade deadline? A return to the semi finals?

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[Royale With Cheese]

No

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I would assume he is definitely a little gun shy to make any major swap but IMO him not really doing anything yet is ridiculous. As we saw last year this team is awful and he still hasn't done much to change it yet.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

"no"

- Oilers fans

 

[Roof Daddy]

Half the reason he made very few moves was due to handcuffing himself with cap issues. Trading Eberle made sense (cap purposes, weak playoff performance), but it made much less sense when he turned that cap relief into a 4x4 extension for Russel. Russel wanted to stay in Alberta too, so it was really only us vs the Flames in bidding for his services. How that turns into 4x4 when we have Klefbom, Nurse and Sekera on the left side is beyond me.

So did he learn his lesson? No, I’m sure if we didn’t have Russel/Looch on the roster currently, he would have used the room to sign/trade for a similar caliber player.

 

[K Fleur]

No, he just lost his favorite trading partner when Snow was fired.

 

[HaNotsri]

He’s just put himself in a position where he can’t make moves. I think he did the same in Boston.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Not really. The Oilers need depth and he couldn't add anything to a lottery team.

 

[GOilers88]

I would assume he is definitely a little gun shy to make any major swap but IMO him not really doing anything yet is ridiculous. As we saw last year this team is awful and he still hasn't done much to change it yet.

The best thing he could have done was add a little bit of depth and not trade any core pieces away.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Half the reason he made very few moves was due to handcuffing himself with cap issues. Trading Eberle made sense (cap purposes, weak playoff performance), but it made much less sense when he turned that cap relief into a 4x4 extension for Russel. Russel wanted to stay in Alberta too, so it was really only us vs the Flames in bidding for his services. How that turns into 4x4 when we have Klefbom, Nurse and Sekera on the left side is beyond me.

So did he learn his lesson? No, I’m sure if we didn’t have Russel/Looch on the roster currently, he would have used the room to sign/trade for a similar caliber player.

The Eberle trade didn't really make sense.
You look past basic statlines and it's easy to conclude that he had an off year. They also didn't need or use the cap space gained that off-season.

 

[CupofOil]

Not really. The Oilers need depth and he couldn't add anything to a lottery team.

They did add two quality depth players this offseason in Rieder and Brodziak. Not adding depth wasn't the problem this offseason, it's the lack of a scoring winger for Draisaitl's line in particular.

In any event, the answer is no he didn't learn his lesson. He's doing the same exact thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston almost to a T.

 

[Stickpucker]

Oh I'm sure he has something glorious he's cooking up on the horizon. Especially if he gets on the hot seat.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

The Eberle trade didn't really make sense.
You look past basic statlines and it's easy to conclude that he had an off year. They also didn't need or use the cap space gained that off-season.

which is the biggest sin of last offseason IMO

traded for cap space (fine) but then did nothing with said cap space

 

[howkie]

We need atleast 1 bad Chia trade per season, otherwise, it is not a real season...

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Oh I'm sure he has something glorious he's cooking up on the horizon. Especially if he gets on the hot seat.

I would definately assume he is already kinda on the hot seat as it is.

Hes kinda on a warm seat right now with a very good chance it'll be hot within the first month or 2 of season

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

They did add two quality depth players this offseason in Rieder and Brodziak. Not adding depth wasn't the problem this offseason, it's the lack of a scoring winger for Draisaitl's line in particular.

In any event, the answer is no he didn't learn his lesson. He's doing the same exact thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston almost to a T.

well then hopefully his drafting is the same way as its been in Boston

 

[Brock Radunske]

They did add two quality depth players this offseason in Rieder and Brodziak. Not adding depth wasn't the problem this offseason, it's the lack of a scoring winger for Draisaitl's line in particular.

In any event, the answer is no he didn't learn his lesson. He's doing the same exact thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston almost to a T.

Forgot about Brodziak and Rieder. I actually like those adds. Weren't they both originally drafted by Edmonton?

 

[Critical13]

That Blake Wheeler trade, though. I forgot about that one.

 

[CupofOil]

Forgot about Brodziak and Rieder. I actually like those adds. Weren't they both originally drafted by Edmonton?

They were which, funny enough, were basically their only non-1st round draft successes of the last decade.

 

[ottomaddox]

That Blake Wheeler trade, though. I forgot about that one.

Is this true?

wiki:

"On February 18, 2011, Wheeler, along with Mark Stuart, was traded by Boston to the Atlanta Thrashers for Boris Valábik and Rich Peverley."

 

[LamorielloAndSon]

No, he just lost his favorite trading partner when Snow was fired.

I hope snow Still has a phone but is only allowed to call Lou and chirelli

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Worst trading GM in history AINEFC

 

[Dan Kelly]

They did add two quality depth players this offseason in Rieder and Brodziak. Not adding depth wasn't the problem this offseason, it's the lack of a scoring winger for Draisaitl's line in particular.

In any event, the answer is no he didn't learn his lesson. He's doing the same exact thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston almost to a T.

and i am expecting another mediocre season here although adding Brodziak and Rieder are two players that can get the job done on the bottom 2 lines where the likes of Slepyshev could not. and maybe Rieder gets a look on Leon's wing and has success there? still i too think more needs to be done but won't get done and maybe it's a good thing because i just don't trust Chia's trading abilities.

 

[Sherwood71]

"Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli is the NHL’s most infamous trader.
The list of players that have been dealt away during his watch in Boston and Edmonton is an impressive one and includes the likes of Blake Wheeler, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle. Most general managers go an entire career without having that many All-Star level forwards in their grasp, let alone trading them all away them."

^One should note that there's no mention of who the return was in those trades.

EDM fans it's time to weigh in on the fact that Chia made very few moves this offseason. What's next? The trade deadline? A return to the semi finals?

To be honest, I think they did Chiarelli a favor by not mentioning the return in those trades, especially since things never really worked out afterwards. The most successful may be Blake Wheeler (Boston won the cup). Only Wheeler is still playing, but they still won. The next one is probably Hall which was bad value wise, but they did stabilize their D, which was important. All the rest can be seen as pretty bad imo, although, to be honest, I didn't hate the Eberle trade too much (I'm also not an Oilers' fan so that doesn't really matter). I think it's best to keep his returns unmentioned since almost all didn't end up staying with the team or didn't do much.

EDIT: I broke the quote. Oops.
EDIT: EDIT: I fixed the quote. Cheers!

 

[Cor]

lmao

The Oilers are touting Mikko Koskinen and Patrick Russell as prized acquisitions lmao