Yeah, so I got nothing to do today so I figured I would talk about the Edmonton Oilers and how unbelievably, historically and amazingly freaking stupid this organization is!!!!!!
Really, these guys are making Mike Millbury look like he wasn’t so stupid after all! No, that’s was really a joke, Millbury is the measuring stick by which all incompetence can be measured.
In case you missed it The Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Peter Chiarelli traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. Yep, that’s it, a heads up trade. Digest that level of stupidity for a second will you? Yep, hold on to it, savor it, and now try not to throw up on your couch!
Seriously, one of the top scoring forwards in the entire NHL traded for a second pairing defenseman. Yep, that’s it, no picks, no other throw in players. Just a heads up trade.
Sure it took six million off the books for the Crisco Oil Kings, but it didn’t do anything to improve the product on the ice. And in case Chiarelli has forgotten, the product still sucks even with Connor McDavid.
Remember now, this is the same Peter Chiarelli that traded Tyler Seguin away from Boston for a handful of magic beans and a few years of Loui Eriksson who is about to leave as a UFA!
Now Chiarelli has the unique distinction of having traded the first and second over all draft picks from the 2010 NHL entry draft. I don’t know if anyone in history has ever been this stupid!
The fact that Chiarelli won a Stanley Cup with Boston has to be because he got lucky. This is one of the most egregious missuses of an asset in history.
Now Larsson isn’t a bad player, but he isn’t a number one or two defenseman. He is a second pair guy. That’s not just my opinion, its the scouting world consensus opinion.
You know what though? Its Edmonton. Its historically bad leadership for decades. Its incompetent trade after incompetent trade. Its bad draft after bad draft. Its bad leadership followed by more bad leadership. Unfortunately its impossible to fire an owner who has even less of a clue than his staff, but has more money than sense.
Now if you think Chiarelli is done, you must be smoking some of that whacky weed they like to grow up in the Pacific North West. There is no way he can be done now. Hall traded before Yakupov? I wonder what Nail Yakupoov will bring in return?!?! Probably a third round pick or maybe a number two goalie.
But hey Canada, its going to be alright. You got Auston Matthews now, and he is going to put the world (Toronto) on his shoulders and skate the Leafs and Canada back into the playoffs along side Steven Stamkos! Oh shit, sorry, that Stamkos thing didn’t work out so well for you either. So much for the theory that Babcock arriving is going to make all free agents want to return to Canada and play in Toronto huh?
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
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