[News] Bruins fire General Manager Peter Chiarelli

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Made some great trades, and built a solid contender which included winning a cup.

Leafs could hire him, the Oilers should.

His biggest mistake was the Seguin trade but he also signed some long term deals for guys that will be well into their mid-late 30's.

Crazy though a Cup final, Presidents trophy, 96pt playoff miss and he is done

All good teams have to do that.. keep your core together, till they rot and you are in "cap jail" ....

[ThisIsAnOutrage]

Looking at the team's success under Chiarelli it doesn't seem like he'll be unemployed for long. Only things I can think of that might explain the firing are personality conflict, or it's just that the Bruin's feel they are about to enter a rebuilding phase and have someone else in mind for the job.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by ah123

Don't think he will be out of a job for long. Could see Toronto and San Jose being interested in bringing him on.

San Josa may be, Toronto is waiting for Babcock

[FAN]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

IMO the Seguin trade was cause enough to be fired as that trade was a game changer for the Bruins who in the last couple of seasons have been shown up as an old and slow team. Seguin is exactly the type of bridge player they need and they traded him because he was acting his age (pretty shocking when a 20 year old acts like a 20 year old I know) rather than a 30 year old veteran player.

But Neely was in on that trade! Life isn't fair.

[Vulcan]

The pressure that owners and upper management puts on GMs to make the playoffs often make them make bad decisions by selling off the future. I believe that's what happened here with Sutter and to some extent with Feaster as well. The owners seem to smarten up only when disaster strikes like when the Flames went into free fall. I'd guess Boston's next GM will be hired on the promise to take the team back into the playoffs but in the end it's probably a losing game.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by habernac

I hate the Bruins. The Bruins barely missed the playoffs when their best defenseman missed a ton of games. He made some cap errors but this is a terrible move by the Bruins.

This.

And Boston only missed the playoffs cause Ottawa miraculously came back from 3-0 down.

Boston will be a bottom feeder for awhile now.

[DoubleK]

Dumb move. Who are they going to get now?? Dave Nonis?

Marc Savard's concussion issues didn't really help the situation either. Might have added some pressure to make less beneficial moves.