oobga
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This is all just nonsense speculation to absolve Chiarelli of responsibility.
We can make up things the other way too.
MacT would've gotten Hamilton
MacT would've signed Sekera and Letestu and traded for Talbot and nobody would've gotten hurt and the Oilers would've won the Cup.
No Reinhart trade means no Larsson trade which means no trading Hall which means no Lucic anchor contraco. No reason for a moronic 4x4 with a no move clause to Kris Russell.
With Hamilton acquired Schultz would have finally blossomed here and the Oilers would have a very strong defense.
Or we could just drop the bull**** and concentrate on things that actually happened?
Regardless of how poorly other GMs may or may not have done in Chiarelli's shoes or the influence that the OBC may or may not have we have to concentrate on what we do know and what has actually occurred.
So what do we know? We know that Chiarelli has been president and general manager for 3 years and in that time the team has made a number of indefensible trades that have made the team worse, the team has handed out a number of very poor contracts and they've chosen to give out full no move clauses freely. The team has also seen it's drafting look promising at least compared to in the past but it's far too soon to say anything for sure.
Put it all together and what do you have? Management that is below average if you're being kind and that falls on one man: Peter Chiarelli. He's the one in charge of making the decisions. If the OBC is giving him bad advice it's his job to replace them, he's chosen to retain them. I guess you and he disagree on the value of their influence.
I don't think I'm absolving CHia of anything. He is still the guy putting forward the bad moves (although the Reinhart one no doubt had a lot of push from the OBC because they loved him forever). Just saying there was likely no counter point to his moves among geniuses like MacT, Howson and Lowe. Back in 2014 the oilers org leaked to Dreger that Hall was not what they thought he would be in terms of team culture, his time here was coming to an end before CHia came along. It took proper management and coaching to get Hall back on track in his career, something that could never have existed under the OBC.
Basically just saying guys like Lowe, MacT and Howson would have inevitably screwed these last 3 years up. Might have been a different looking screw up, but they would have done it just the same. They all have their blatant weaknesses, lack of understanding of how a team is built in todays NHL, how to built a proper team culture with accountability, value of team grit/character over skill (I'm not actually sure MacT goes for Hamilton because of his character issues Boston was advertising. If Boston still insisted on Nurse, there is no way MacT makes that move). Their weaknesses still would have inevitably tanked this team.
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