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Was Chiarelli ordering a pizza because he wasn't making an impactful trade
The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone and the Boston Bruins did not meet their one pressing need; acquiring a scoring winger to put pucks in the net. Before you continue reading, please realize that this will be a heavily negative rant coming from a heavily frustrated Bruins fan, but it is not meant as personal shots to anyone. We're all still a fanbase, despite differences in opinions.
With that said, I don't get why there isn't a larger outcry over the moves Chiarelli made (or didn't make). Since Phil Kessel was traded, fans have been very vocal about the Bruins main concern, lack of a goal scoring winger. For 60+ games, we've tweeted and facebooked about the lack of scoring, we've watched as this team has piled 40+ shots and come away with one goal game after game after game...and people are okay with it!
What the fuck has happened to this town? When did we become so complacent with our hockey team that we will allow our GM to not address the needs of his team...and accept it? When Sinden was the GM, people KILLED him for not making moves, but these days, every one is just to happy because 'ZOMG ITS THE BRUINS!'.
Chiarelli and company did a horrible job yesterday and he's beginning to show his true colors as a GM. Why do you think Chiarelli wasn't the top choice for the job? The Bruins originally wanted Ray Shero but when that didn't work out, Chiarelli's number was called and he's made some terrible decisions (Lucic extension, Ryder contract, Thomas extension).
It really fucking irritates me that the majority of people yesterday were complaining that people were pissed off with the lack of moves. This Bruins team isn't a good team...this year. Why does everyone think that they'll magically turn on the talent when April comes rolling around? Did you watch the game after the Olympics? They looked like the Saugus High hockey team out there against the Canadiens, a bad Canadiens team at that. They fell a part and sulked their way to another loss.
The two "major" deals Boston pulled off was:
1. Trading Derek Morris to Phoenix for 2011 4th round pick
2. Trading Byron Bitz, Craig Weller and 2010 2nd round pick to Florida for Dennis Seidenberg
Um, what the hell? I know the Morris trade was a salary dump move, but why did they only get a 4th round pick for him (in 2011) when Dennis Seidenberg got a 2nd round pick and Andrew Alberts got a 3rd round pick. I don't understand the reasoning behind that and maybe I will never understand it. What I do understand is that the Bruins made a clear lateral move without acquiring the winger we all wanted.
After the Morris trade, we all sat at our respective desks in our respective places of business or homes and said "this is a salary move so Chiarelli can acquire a winger" and all we got was a lateral move for Seidenberg and a middle finger from Jeremy Jacobs. Where is our scoring winger? Why is it that guys like Raffi Torres (traded for a 2nd round pick), Keith Tkachuk, Alexander Ponikarovsky (traded for Martin Skoula and forward prospect Luca Caputi), Teemu Selanne weren't traded for? I would rather have traded Morris and used Bitz/Weller/2nd round pick for Torres rather than Seidenberg.
Was the Morris trade an admission from Chiarelli that he has signed guys to some pretty shitty contracts? I don't know and I don't even want to get into that because I'm already digging a hole some most of Bruins Nation as a pessimistic asshole (a role which I do enjoy playing).
I can tell you one thing, Peter Chiarelli SHOULD be questioned up and down about his deadline deals because it is an admission that the front office has given up on the season this year. Agree with me or not, I'm just laying the facts out for you.
Many people retorted yesterday with "getting that winger wasn't bringing home a Stanley Cup anyways" but it may get you into the playoffs, something the Bruins will have a hard time doing considering they're teetering on 8th place while the Rangers are tied with 65 points, Atlanta has 64, Tampa with 63 and then Florida and New York Islanders with 60.
The Bruins are dead last in the NHL and the only thing Chiarelli could eek out to the media at his press conference yesterday was (paraphrased) "There is only one way to go and that's up". Really? You've tried to go up all season and yet your team has sunk to the bottom like a guy wearing cement shoes in the Charles River.
You know, I'm ashamed that this current Bruins fan base is okay that Chiarelli didn't pull off a move to asses the teams dire need. It irritates me that so many people have black and gold contacts infused onto their eyeballs after last season, but it is time to wake up. Sinden, O'Connell, Chiarelli...where's the difference?
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..." - The Who
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