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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
A bit of revisionist history there.
Chiarelli was having trouble signing Kessel.
Burke was interested and, instead of offer-sheeting him, basically offered Chiarelli the same compensation by way of trade.
Chiarelli had little choice (much like the Hamilton deal)
What saved Chiarelli's butt was that Toronto subsequently fell apart and those picks became a 2nd and a 9th (unexpected at the time of the trade).
And even with the 9th, Boston was very fortunate that Hamilton fell that far.
Chiarelli deserves no credit whatsoever for that trade, IMO.
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So BT deserves no credit for getting Dougie either? I, for one, was not the least bit surprised that those picks were that high. TO was already a mess at the time. They had just recently fired their GM and BB was trying to rebuild by trading. Don't forget that Chia succeeded in building a championship team before they got into the cap trap, which, in all fairness, is not uncommon for championship teams.