The Genius of Peter

by 14G_ on Oct 15, 2009 8:30 AM EDT

Even though we haven't gotten past the first 10% of the season, looking at how Toronto is playing, Peter Chiarelli looks like a damn genius. Toronto is the only team with less then 2 points, and they are playing like poop. I don't know about you, but I wasn't worried about Phil Kessel going to a divisonal "rival", and now it appears to be paying off dividends. Bad goaltending, pitiful offense, and now Kessel gets the label of "savior" when he returns. I dont think he can handle that pressure and his play will suffer more then it did against good teams when he was here. If this keeps up we're looking at a top 5 and maybe even the #1 pick in the draft next year. I'll take that over Kessel any day.

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If this keeps up

I fully expect Toronto to win any games during this season. They’ll get gustavsson back, the defense will play a little better, (komisarek head goal lol) and kessel will come back and maybe even score some goals.

Then again maybe they’re totally screwed.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 15, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

I’m not sure that makes Peter Chiarelli “a genius”. I’m not sure a genius would be forced it a move by a 22 year old kid with acne. It will be a long time before we can really evaluate this deal.

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Oct 15, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

Do you think O Connell would have sent him to the worst team in the league?

by 14G_ on Oct 16, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions

“It will be a long time before we can really evaluate this deal.”

I absolutely agree – I’m talking like 5+ years to really be able to see how this deal turned out. By that time we’ll have actually seen how big of an impact player Kessel can actually be, and we’ll know what kind of players the draft picks turned into.

by Stza on Oct 15, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions