News Article: Chiarelli: No intentions of firing McLellan

[Stoneman89]

I'm not sure it would be any better if it happened in the offseason, or next year, or whenever.

Just saying, you're not going to see either of those happen this season.

 

[Cloned]

This org is a joke. Katz too busy trying to make friends to do anything, tmac too busy defending his atrocious assistant coaches, and chias sitting on his hands in the third “Evaluation” year of McDavids elc.

If I had any sort of willpower I’d stop watching this joke of a team. Too bad I’m all talk, just like this org.

Chia managed to assuage his way through his meeting with the OEG brass on Monday obviously. It's like when you go in for a performance review with your boss and you know you performed like crap, but manage to BS your way to a second chance.

 

[StevenF1919]

Chia has two big moves left before the pressure is all on him:

1) Firing the HC

and

2) The Panic Trade

We should be very worried about #2.

Would Katz and Nicholson even let him make another major trade at this point?

 

[Cloned]

Just saying, you're not going to see either of those happen this season.

All I'm saying is if it's allowed to get to that point, we should be incredibly worried.

 

[Cloned]

Would Katz and Nicholson even let him make another major trade at this point?

See my post above about him BSing his way through his meeting with them.

 

[Stoneman89]

All I'm saying is if it's allowed to get to that point, we should be incredibly worried.

Well, if you are going to lose sleep worrying about it at night, then have at 'er. I don't believe it will happen.

 

[Cloned]

Well, if you are going to lose sleep worrying about it at night, then have at 'er. I don't believe it will happen.

Not sure why you're trying to paint me as some fear monger though. I've been pretty balanced with my views about the team and about the management up until fairly recently, when it became pretty obvious that some change was needed.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

Chia managed to assuage his way through his meeting with the OEG brass on Monday obviously. It's like when you go in for a performance review with your boss and you know you performed like crap, but manage to BS your way to a second chance.

Except there’s no danger of actually losing your job because your boss just wants everyone to be friends with everyone and doesn’t believe in accountability.

 

[Stoneman89]

Not sure why you're trying to paint me as some fear monger though. I've been pretty balanced with my views about the team and about the management up until fairly recently, when it became pretty obvious that some change was needed.

Not painting you anything at all. You are the one telling people they "should be very worried." Take from that as you will.

 

[Cloned]

Not painting you anything at all. You are the one telling people they "should be very worried." Take from that as you will.

It was a general statement. No need to make a sarcastic insinuation about me losing sleep about it at night. That's painting.

 

[StevenF1919]

See my post above about him BSing his way through his meeting with them.

I look forward to him trading Nuge for a big, slow defenseman because he doesn't play "heavy hockey".

 

[Stoneman89]

It was a general statement. No need to make a sarcastic insinuation about me losing sleep about it at night. That's painting.

You might want to lose the silly PC sensitivity act. You're using statements like "incredibly worried", and "we should be very worried". And I disagreed. Don't worry, be happy.

 

[Cloned]

You might want to lose the silly PC sensitivity act. You're using statements like "incredibly worried", and "we should be very worried". And I disagreed. Don't worry, be happy.

Well, you're going on in the other thread about people being smug about the Oilers losing. That does heighten my sensitivity if I think (and I did, maybe I'm wrong though) that you're trying to paint me in that same brush.

 

[Stoneman89]

The sky isn't falling.

 

[Little Fury]

I look forward to him trading Nuge for a big, slow defenseman because he doesn't play "heavy hockey".

Seabrook is scratched tonight...

 

[Cloned]

The sky isn't falling.

Storm clouds are gathering though.

 

[Little Fury]

The sky isn't falling.

Ya know I'd feel a lot better about this season if there was cavalry coming somewhere, but the pipeline is dry and there's no space to make any significnat additions this offseason so it's ride or die with this group for at least another year. Hard to feel good about that.

 

[oobga]

Osterle climbing the ranks in Chicago. Maybe we are good at developing players after all

 

[Stoneman89]

Ya know I'd feel a lot better about this season if there was cavalry coming somewhere, but the pipeline is dry and there's no space to make any significnat additions this offseason so it's ride or die with this group for at least another year. Hard to feel good about that.

I don't feel good about it by any means, but you are right, there is nothing coming the rest of this season. The players either get it done or they don't.

 

[McDrai]

Osterle climbing the ranks in Chicago. Maybe we are good at developing players after all

We have been the pipeline for the rest of the league for years now, just not for ourselves

 

[StevenF1919]

Seabrook is scratched tonight...

Lol if Chia traded for Seabrook this team would pretty much be hooped for the next 5 seasons.

 

[McDrai]

RNH for Seabrook sounds like a Chia type of move. He honestly needs someone to check his trades before going through with them

 

[Digger12]

So Stauffer did his coy little "Hmm..." thing after mentioning that Seabrook was a healthy scratch tonight.

Ugh...it's like when you step on a rake and you can see the handle flying up on its way to smack you square in the face, and you can't do anything about it except brace for impact.

 

[Little Fury]

So Stauffer did his coy little "Hmm..." thing after mentioning that Seabrook was a healthy scratch tonight.

Ugh...it's like when you step on a rake and you can see the handle flying up on its way to smack you square in the face, and you can't do anything about it except brace for impact.

If that happens I think that would be it for me as a fan.

 

[Cloned]

So Stauffer did his coy little "Hmm..." thing after mentioning that Seabrook was a healthy scratch tonight.

Ugh...it's like when you step on a rake and you can see the handle flying up on its way to smack you square in the face, and you can't do anything about it except brace for impact.

To be honest if I had to handicap it:

To MTL:

Seabrook
Strome

To CHI:

Petry
Benning or Caggiula

To EDM:

Hinostrosza
Morrow

Just seems like something each GM is known for.

Bergevin: trading the under appreciated player for the overpaid declining star name

Bowman: making the smart acquisition on underperforming players who can bounce back

Chia: making one smart acquisition and one completely bewildering "bank on complete luck" acquisition, all while losing a small but not insignificant amount of asset value