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Originally Posted by TKB
Is Johnny playing in the ahl this year? Reinhart is terrible, such a bad bad trade...
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What makes the trade worse is what it represents. The first major move by Chiarelli was dictated to him by those that he replaced. The notion that the Oilers got a strong willed, autonomous and competent GM was dispelled immediately.
Left to his own devices, Chiarelli has the worst trade record of any working GM, and I don't believe it's close, but the fact that people above, beside, and below him can still pull strings is hilariously bad. Could you imagine if Flames management were a tangled bird's nest hierarchy of Daryl Sutter, Jay Feaster, Brian Burke, Brad Treliving, and Mike Keenan, all because Murray Edwards feels good hanging out with them all?
I guess if you can imagine that, you can imagine a 29th place team with 4 first overall draft picks, a 'generational talent', and no hope.