Posts About "Peter Chiarelli"
Edmonton Oilers' Player Grades by General Manager
November 18th, 2019 Being a general manager for a professional sports team has a kind of musical chairs nature to it and hockey is no exception. In fact, if you look at the 32 NHL teams (Seattle included), six of them have hired a new GM within the past year and included in those six is, you guessed it, the Edmonton Oilers. In the past 11 years, the...
Wild Must Hire Hextall as GM Over Chiarelli
August 3rd, 2019 If early reports are anything to go by, the Minnesota Wild are looking at either Ron Hextall or Peter Chiarelli as their next general manager. If common sense is anything to go by, Hextall is the logical choice. Fenton Gets Fired Following the firing of Paul Fenton, the Wild have already interviewed both Hextall and Chiarelli....
'Old Boys Club' Not to Blame for Oilers Latest Misstep
January 29th, 2019 To suggest the past thirteen years have been rough on the Edmonton Oilers organization is about as big of an understatement as one could make. Their record over said time period speaks for itself and has directly led to certain “narratives” surrounding the team on an on0going basis. Most notably, the perception of the “Old Boys...
Differences Between Chiarelli & Bergevin
January 26th, 2019 What a difference a year makes, at least for some general managers anyway. Last season, both Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens and Peter Chiarelli of the Edmonton Oilers were in the throes of losing campaigns, with conceivably their jobs on the line. We all know how that turned out. Bergevin's Quest for the Playoffs Following...
Oilers General Manager Remains Desirable Position
January 25th, 2019 The clock finally struck midnight for Peter Chiarelli and the Edmonton Oilers. While it took too long for the proverbial trigger to be pulled, in the end, Bob Nicholson did what he needed to do in dismissing his general manager earlier this week. Though his missteps along the way were plentiful and left the organization with a ton of...
THW Podcast – Ep 8: The Oilers, Sharks, Senators and More w/ THW Guests
January 24th, 2019 On the eighth episode of The Hockey Writers Podcast, we bring a host of our contributing team, including a former Oilers writer to talk everything big in the NHL this week. Focusing on the Edmonton Oilers changes, the current run the San Jose Sharks are on and the drama out of Ottawa, we hit on all sorts of topics. Our special guests...
