TSN: Keith Gretzky leaving Bruins to become Oilers AGM
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The Pastrnak pick was a beauty.
But at the same time no it hasn`t been proven that he has saved our drafting, in fact there are many question marks about the use of the first round picks the last 2 drafts, though so far it looks like some promising second rounders. He didn`t hit it out of the park in Arizona either, I am not sure how bad of news this really is.
Bryanbryoil
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Pastrnak, Heinen, Gabrielle, JFK, Senyshyn, McAvoy over Fabbro (yet to be concluded)
But at the same time, does he get ALLLL the credit? Who else is doing the scouting?
ps, for the conspiracy theorists out there....maybe picking Frederic in the first round was purposely bad and it was a prerequisite for the job with Chiarelli?
But at the same time, does he get ALLLL the credit? Who else is doing the scouting?
ps, for the conspiracy theorists out there....maybe picking Frederic in the first round was purposely bad and it was a prerequisite for the job with Chiarelli?
Was here before Chiarelli was gone, and hes good, although the 'off the board' picks were his doing so....can't argue with Pastrnak though, or Heinen, hes a late round WEAPON in the drafts.
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Thanks a lot for the info guys. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Bruins since they beat Vancouver in the SCF 
Thanks a lot for the info guys. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Bruins since they beat Vancouver in the SCF
Just do us one favour, make sure Looch lays the absolute smack on Dougie in the Battle for Alberta please!
C77
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Chiarelli is a good GM. Many Bruins fans soured on him for Seguin and Boychuk deals but the Bruins won a heck of a lot of games while he was here. In the end I always felt that the cap problems were overstated by the fanbase. You win in the cap system and you have to pay the players more.
There were several moves he made that paid huge dividends for Boston that in hindsight are almost forgotten. In fact as I'm sure you remember many Bruins fans had Chiarelli avatars, especially when Toronto bottomed out after acquiring Kessel. So it wasn't all bad.
I think the Oilers are going to be in WC mix. 90 points or so this year.
That crossed my mind too.Chiarelli is bitter and trying to hurt Bruins anyway he can.Jesus he was dummy who give away Seguin lol
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We're the only fans in the league who think the Bruins have been good at drafting recently.
Bryanbryoil
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Will do! I can't wait to see Looch in an Oilers jersey
Chiarelli is a good GM. Many Bruins fans soured on him for Seguin and Boychuk deals but the Bruins won a heck of a lot of games while he was here. In the end I always felt that the cap problems were overstated by the fanbase. You win in the cap system and you have to pay the players more.
There were several moves he made that paid huge dividends for Boston that in hindsight are almost forgotten. In fact as I'm sure you remember many Bruins fans had Chiarelli avatars, especially when Toronto bottomed out after acquiring Kessel. So it wasn't all bad.
I think the Oilers are going to be in WC mix. 90 points or so this year.
No GM is perfect and he is worlds better than the last 2 duds that we had in the position. He's already made us worlds tougher than we were before he got here: Looch, Maroon, Kassian, Gryba as well last year, I expect us to add another blueliner before the season starts even if just a depth guy.
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Last 3 drafts have the Bruins making a fast turnaround and likely having 93 points their rock bottom
DKH
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Loaded D prospect strong drafts - specific implementation of plan. I like what I see a lot
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If you like information
https://scoutingpost.com/2016/08/02/report-keith-gretzky-to-oilers-as-assistant-gm/
https://scoutingpost.com/2016/08/02/report-keith-gretzky-to-oilers-as-assistant-gm/
TheBigBadB
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All depends on how his draft picks pan out. If we start getting NHL regulars because of his picks then it's a loss. If his picks don't pan out then it's good. So another words too soon to make judgement on this.
DaStinger
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The Pasternak pick was nice but that aside this doesn't bother me in the least. If anything maybe it'll stop the off the board picks that have been happening lately.
HiyaGeorgii
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Did I miss all these productive, young NHL'ers that Gretzky has brought into the fold?
The jury is still out, nobody knows if he was good or not yet.. He certainly was handed a bounty of picks by his GM, so there is strength in numbers I would think. His overall track record long term was not great in Phoenix.
The jury is still out, nobody knows if he was good or not yet.. He certainly was handed a bounty of picks by his GM, so there is strength in numbers I would think. His overall track record long term was not great in Phoenix.
Fire Sweeney
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Guy was a hack who had a job in hockey because of his name, like most NHL scouts. Unfortunately this team is run by an old boys club so his replacement may be even worse.
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mikelvl
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I'm just sayin, where Wayne Smith graced us with Jordan Caron, Zach Hamill, and Joe Colborne amongst others, Gretzky has at the very least left us with a long list of players drafted on his watch that apparently have NHL potential. Yes, time will tell, but the Kirk's and Dom's of the world seem to like what he has done. That's enough for me.
moonshot summit
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His name was Bobby Margarita when he went on vacation after July 1st. He doesn't take himself too seriously
