Hard in the Corner

Return The NHL is a horrible league. Really, truly, honestly, horrible. It's got a disaster of a leadership group, and they (as I've previously noted) care more about lining the owners pockets with desperate cash grabs, than creating a more fan friendly game that will grow on it's own. So, here's how I fix it for the players, for the fans (and maybe even for the owners). 1. A player's-choice re-draft So what is this? Well, it's likely the one idea on this list that you've never heard before. The basic idea is that players that are unhappy with their current situations can opt-out of their contracts and enter a league wide draft. Now, obviously the superstars are likely going to stay put, they're making good money and their on good teams, unless you're Mark Stone. But what about guys like Jacob Trouba. These are players that have been hamstrung by their RFA status (more on that coming up) and wanted out, only to see their lazy as fuck GM make...

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...