Was Strome his pick? That was a poor one
He was named GM on May 5, 2016. Strome was picked while Maloney was still GM.
Draft picks under Chayka: Keller, Chychrun, Dineen, Kulda, Stewart, Joseph, Westerlund, Entwistle, Schnarr, Crotty, Hoefenmeyer, Karow, Steenbergen, Walli Walterholm
Trades
In - Hjalmarsson, Stepan, Raanta, Demers, Rights to Goligoski, 2016 16th overall (Chychrun), 2017 1st, Crouse, 2018 2nd, 2017 3rd, 2016 4th, Conditional 3rd, Holland, 2018 5th, 2019 4th (conditional 2nd), Downing, Johnson, Hickey, Datsyuk, Bolland
Out - Hanzal, 2017 7th overall (Andersson), 2016 20th overall, DeAngelo, Michael Stone, Connor Murphy, Mike Smith (25% retained), 2016 37th overall, 2016 53rd overall, McGinn, 2017 3rd, 2017 3rd, 2017 4th, 2016 5th, 2017 6th, 2018 6th, Letunov, Vitale, White, Dauphin
Signings
Goligoski, McGinn, White, Schenn, Vrbata, Clendening, Cousins, Etem
I'd say he's done a really good job for the first 17 and a half months. Keller was a home run at 7th overall. Chychrun was a great pick at 16th overall. If a 50 year old long time GM made the same moves Chayka made they would easily be ranked in the top 5.