How did he construct this great team? What top line talent did he acquire?
Krejci\Bergeron were already there along with Savard , Sobotka, Boyes, Sturm and Murray.
Chara , Stuar at D and Thomas\Fernandez in net were also already there. Rask was already in the system.
There is none of that in EDM.
His teams still made the playoffs in several years coupled with 2 SCF appearances.
Was the talent already in place? Perhaps, but he brought in a good coach (Julien) and kept the team a consistent playoff contender.
Meanwhile, MacTavish is coming off
the worst season in franchise history. His team was almost worse than teams that were
actively trying to be as terrible as possible.
In fact the only reason the Oilers didn't finish last overall was because the Eastern Conference has a bunch of crappy teams that the Oilers took advantage of. They were ******* awful against the West.
I really don't see how Peter Chiarelli isn't an upgrade over the worst GM in the league. And generally when people call you the worst, that means everyone else is better than you. MacT is indefensible at this point, he's worse than Tambellini for God's sake.
Watch a team like the Leafs go and get PC and instantly improve over the summer.
#MeanwhileInEdmonton