Interesting that the persistent opinion that the Oilers will remain as a doormat team as it was during the Lowe dynasty.
Chiarelli based on his body of work in Boston is significantly smarter than Lowe.
His single glaring error was trading for Reinhart for 16 & 33 Reinhart is still on his ELC and an 865k cap hit and a 70 k AHL salary. He is closer to playing in the NHL than any d-man available at the #16 spot.. including the #53 and #60 pick.
That is pretty much a wash with what the Stars gave to the Flames for the Russell rental.
If he has the cap space to take advantage of a short term deal for Russell I don't see how this would be a bad thing.
He has addressed the Oilers Goalie situation with Talbot. He has been making the moves that Lowe wouldn't changing fancy forwards for solid defense. He has changed the feel of the Oilers adding Maroon and Lucic ...
I sincerely hope that past performance does not reflect future returns as I would like the Flames to win more than 1 playoff series every 12 years.
Imagine the fun playing the Oilers in the 2nd round.
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