What Did Peter Chiarelli Ever Do?
It's no secret that Peter Chiarelli is a dangerous figure in hockey. He has a reputation, and that reputation precedes him by about a mile. He trades star players and doesn't care what he gets back. He lucks out at the draft and he signs bad players to even worse contracts. So let's go back and do a year-by-year ranking of NHL General Manager, Peter Chiarelli. Remember, I try to grade based solely on the manager's moves that year. The outcome counts, but if it's because of a signing 1 year prior, that's where the points for that championship will be. This is the 2nd in a multi-part series "What did _____ ever do?" where I rank the performance of NHL GM's. We take into consideration how the GM chose to handle the NHL Entry draft and any transactions made over the year. The first subject, Lou Lamoriello, scored a paltry 53% (160 points out of a possible 300). Chiarelli started his management career in Ottawa as an Assistant GM under Bryan Mu...