WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Katz Jnr's GM tutor?
Bruins fire Peter Chiarelli | Hired by the Oilers
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bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Lowe getting another undeserved promotion of some kind?
bustaheims said:
To what? King?
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
I'm sure they can come up with some sort of fancy title. Chief Hockey Officer? Supreme Leader? Pope? I don't know.
GhostofPotvin29
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bustaheims said:
Master of Coin
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Per McKenzie, this will be announced today. Sounds like Chiarelli will go to the top of the pyramid while Lowe and MacT go down a peg. If I was an Oilers fan I wouldn't be satisfied until those 2 are completely out of the organization. Although I guess this is a good first step.
Boston beat reporter Joe Haggerty has reported that the Bruins will not seek compensation here. They're just happy to have his remaining 3-year contract off the books. I really don't understand that thought process, do they think the Oilers wouldn't have hired him if it meant giving up a 3rd round pick?
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Per McKenzie, this will be announced today. Sounds like Chiarelli will go to the top of the pyramid while Lowe and MacT go down a peg. If I was an Oilers fan I wouldn't be satisfied until those 2 are completely out of the organization. Although I guess this is a good first step.
Boston beat reporter Joe Haggerty has reported that the Bruins will not seek compensation here. They're just happy to have his remaining 3-year contract off the books. I really don't understand that thought process, do they think the Oilers wouldn't have hired him if it meant giving up a 3rd round pick?
Lynx said:
Yup, thanks for the correction. So the questions are, would the Oilers give up a likely early 2nd round pick in order to hire Chiarelli, and are the Bruins insane for not demanding one? I think the answer to both of those is probably "yes".
louisstamos
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CarltonTheBear said:
I kind of understand both perspectives - if the Oilers decided not to hire him because of the compensation (their 2nd round pick is pretty high, after all), then the Bruins would have to pay him to do nothing until either his contract expires or he does eventually find a job somewhere.
louisstamos said:
Would the Bruins really be that desperate just to get out of his contract though? I mean are they that tight for cash? Also, Chiarelli's one of those guys that will definitely be in pretty high demand. If the Oilers won't give up a 2nd for him, I would imagine some other team would (or a 3rd if they wait until after the draft).
Also, something else that I forgot about, the Oilers wouldn't have to give up their 2nd rounder for next season. I believe they can defer it for up to 5 years.
Frank E said:
Yes. Apparently even a lot of GMs/executives thought that originally wasn't the case, but Bill Daly confirmed that it was. As long as they're still under contract teams have the right to request compensation.
GhostofPotvin29
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Named General Manager and President of Hockey Operations:
https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/591678053228548098
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I love the fact that the press release doesn't once mention Craig MacTavish, the teams previous GM:
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=765014&navid=DL|EDM|home
I hope they name him coach again.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=765014&navid=DL|EDM|home
I hope they name him coach again.
CarltonTheBear said:
They apparently haven't decided mutually whether he'll remain or not.
Chiarelli is walking into quite a nice situation in my opinion.
He's got an almost can't miss decent top 6 with the addition of McDavid and the likely maturing of talented others.
Find a real goalie (there are a few UFAs this summer that might be able to help), shore up the D that already has some promising talent/talent with upside and they'll be back in the playoffs.
AvroArrow said:
All Chiarelli needs to do is sign a future Norris winning defenceman on July 1st and steal a young franchise goalie away from some other team. Easy-peasy.