GDT: Peter Chiarelli Media Availability

[McAsuno]

Staufffer must be having a hell of a hard time deciding which way he's going to spin this at noon.

He'll be spinning the typical patience, recommend the Mediterranean chicken pizza, and gush over Ty Smith.

 

[Paddy Padlock]

Lucic wanting out confirmed is great. Not so great for Chia I guess, but get that bum out of here.

He's going to retain 50% and take a bad contract. Going to do Looch a favour and get him the team he wants.

 

[StevenF1919]

Does anyone actually still believe this moron has a plan?

 

[Soundwave]

Meanwhile Hall endured nothing but losing here, and still never asked for a trade. Character though, right? Lucic and Chiarelli can both **** off.

Yup such nonsense, Hall gutted it out for this team for many losing seasons, still willing to drive face first into the net to get a goal, and was still absolutely devastated to be traded and he's painted as the "bad guy".

Meanwhile "all around character, super duper leader" Milan Lucic is asking for a trade out after year 2 here after totally giving up for 50 straight games.

f*** off with that character nonsense.

 

[CycloneSweep]

He's going to retain 50% and take a bad contract. Going to do Looch a favour and get him the team he wants.

Lucic @ 50% for Bobby Ryan and Pageau

 

[McAsuno]

Yeah well.. we traded Taylor Hall, picks for a bust in Reinhart, Eberle trade that freed up cap space only to be used on a Russell contract extension. Now we still don't have a offensive d man, our scoring on the wing is putrid, and we're tight in cap. f*** Chiarelli, seriously.

 

[oXo Cube]

Matheson routinely shows up for these and routinely asks questions he won't get an answer to like someone who has never been to one before.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Yup such nonsense, Hall gutted it out for this team for many losing seasons and was still absolutely devastated to be traded and he's painted as the "bad guy".

Meanwhile "all around character, super duper leader" Milan Lucic is asking for a trade out after year 2 here.

**** off with that character nonsense.

We sure do like to mythologize some players. Either way, I suspect the "market" has a much larger affect on the players then the "market" is apt to admit.

 

[McShogun99]

Meanwhile Hall endured nothing but losing here, and still never asked for a trade. Character though, right? Lucic and Chiarelli can both **** off.

Hall loved the team and the city. He should have been named captain instead of Ference.

 

[Jet Walters]

He'll be spinning the typical patience, recommend the Mediterranean chicken pizza, and gush over Ty Smith.

I have it on good authority that if he switches his recommendation to the meat lovers today that the Oilers will trade the pick. A Ham and Pineapple curveball = trading up.

 

[Skolman]

Hall loved the team and the city. He should have been named captain instead of Ference.

No he shouldn't have...

 

[gordonhught]

Matheson routinely shows up for these and routinely asks questions he won't get an answer to like someone who has never been to one before.

Although, I do like that he asked. Rishaug and Gregor do not have the balls to ask.

 

[McAsuno]

Hall loved the team and the city. He should have been named captain instead of Ference.

f*** Ference too.

 

[Soundwave]

Lucic is hands down the worst signing in the history of this franchise, and wanting to bail out now says a lot about his so-called "character".

 

[McAsuno]

Lucic is hands down the worst signing in the history of this franchise, and wanting to bail out now says a lot about his so-called "character".

Probably got upset that he can't play on McDavid's line due to his slow ass skating, poor decision making, and inability to handle the puck.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Lucic is hands down the worst signing in the history of this franchise, and wanting to bail out now says a lot about his so-called "character".

I'll disagree slightly, Tambelini was the worst, but on the ice Lucic seems to have it.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

I love how Matheson asks these questions that obviously Chia's not going to answer. Hang 'em up Matty, you're ruining your legacy and not contributing to anything meaningful journalism-wise.

So based off Chia's response on the Benning question from Gregor it sounds like maybe they're hoping for a specific right shot defenseman to fall and if not then they'll draft BPA which they expect might be a left handed D.

I also like hearing that they've got more overage players on their list this year, although none ranked very high. I personally like Joel Teasdale, Brandon Saigeon, Linus Nyman and Sean Durzi.

 

[Wretched Oil]

didn't watch.
did anyone ask him about how it feels to have traded a Hart winner for pennies on the dollar?

go to therapy

 

[McAsuno]

I love how Matheson asks these questions that obviously Chia's not going to answer. Hang 'em up Matty, you're ruining your legacy and not contributing to anything meaningful journalism-wise.

So based off Chia's response on the Benning question from Gregor it sounds like maybe they're hoping for a specific right shot defenseman to fall and if not then they'll draft BPA which they expect might be a left handed D.

I also like hearing that they've got more overage players on their list this year. I personally like Joel Teasdale, Brandon Saigeon, Linus Nyman and Sean Durzi.

And the Edmonton Oilers proud to select from the Spokane Chiefs, Ty Smith.

Meanwhile, players like Bouchard, Boqvist, Wahlstrom are still available. Hur durrr.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Yeah well.. we traded Taylor Hall, picks for a bust in Reinhart, Eberle trade that freed up cap space only to be used on a Russell contract extension. Now we still don't have a offensive d man, our scoring on the wing is putrid, and we're tight in cap. **** Chiarelli, seriously.

Calgary got one that scored more goals than all our wingers for a few picks.

 

[StevenF1919]

I'll disagree slightly, Tambelini was the worst, but on the ice Lucic seems to have it.

If Tambellini was still GM this team would have been in the playoffs last season.

 

[McAsuno]

If Tambellini was still GM this team would have been in the playoffs last season.

I doubt Tambellini would be even that stupid to trade Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson or picks for Griffin flipping Reinhart to say the least.

 

[dustrock]

Lucic is hands down the worst signing in the history of this franchise, and wanting to bail out now says a lot about his so-called "character".

The signing was horrendously bad at the time and now even worse. But we don't know why Lucic wants to leave. He's had nothing but good press and comments from literally everyone in hockey until now. There were quiet rumors in the last half of the season that Looch was having some family troubles but they were extremely vague.

we don't know what we don't know at this point.

 

[Soundwave]

Yeah well.. we traded Taylor Hall, picks for a bust in Reinhart, Eberle trade that freed up cap space only to be used on a Russell contract extension. Now we still don't have a offensive d man, our scoring on the wing is putrid, and we're tight in cap. **** Chiarelli, seriously.

Yeah Peter it is hard to find that player ... especially when you hire a GM who compromises you in trade negotiations for that exact type of player because he was the former GM for that franchise.

A big part of the reason why we don't have that player is because we hired you instead of literally any other person.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

If Tambellini was still GM this team would have been in the playoffs last season.

You're really young, because this ABSOLUTELY isn't true in the slightest.