Kr55 wrote on Tue, 29 June 2021 09:44

Skoobz wrote on Tue, 29 June 2021 09:39 NetBOG wrote on Sun, 27 June 2021 17:40 I can remember, I was elated that they made that trade. On the surface it was good. In retrospect, it wasn't. We were at the McDraft. I cheered pretty loudly when this was announced. Reinhart and Broberg were my first "you better be right!" moments for both GM's. Chia was so so SO wrong. Hope we have better luck with Broberg. Both cases you are leaving offensive talent on the board to jump into 3+ year D projects. Reinhart was one where you really had to have faith the GM and scouts were seeing something no one else was. He was trending down when we acquired him. But hey, how could our org not know Oil Kings D better than any other team?!?

Yeah, Reinhart's numbers weren't really that good anywhere. It's shocking that he was a #4, but it was in a draft that was dreadful. Stauffer has suggested there were those in the Oilers organization who wanted to take him at #1, so maybe those were the loud voices behind this trade.

It was a bad bet, and it was a long shot to pan out based on where he was in his development. That's compounded by the fact that they gave up a pick at a point in the draft where the next three players were all stars.

I still think it was a case of Chiarelli missing out on Hamilton and then panicking that he had to get something done. And so Garth Snow of all people took him to the woodshed.

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