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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Chiarelli has been everything we could have hoped for. I tho k he made 4 very coritical errors that lead to the situation they are in. There are more than 4 errors but these are the worst imo in order:
1. Trades the 16th pick (who could have been Barzal, Connor, Chabot, Boeser, Kinect) and the 33rd pick (who could have been Aho, Carlo, Andersson, Dunn) for Griffin Reinhart. This move right here was truly his worst. They might not of picked those players but imagine if they had Chabot and Aho? In addition to McDavid that draft would set them up for a decade.
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This is so well-argued.
Out of everything Chia has done (or not done), this trade is arguably the very worst, in hindsight--including passing over Tkachuk.
I cannot believe how many misses they've made post-McDavid, in their drafting and trading. Like other posters have listed, you consider the "what-ifs" for that team, and they are legitimately terrifying. Instead--thankfully--they are what they are.
I consider the Oilers the "Coronation Street" of the NHL: in this case, the longest running entertainment viewing for non-Oiler fans.