Edmonton Oilers fans have done much hand-wringing over the decisions made (or not) by Peter Chiarelli, this Summer. I have to say: I think you are marking him awfully hard. The “10 years out” thing probably has some of you bitter and jaded, but that’s not a good reason to judge this season’s possibilities so harshly.
The twp key decisions (to date) have been to add a top-pairing, right-hand-shot ddefender, and (so far) to NOT add a right-hand-shot D-man with Puck Moving and/or shooting ability. The Adam Larsson deal has been analyzed to death, and skepticism over how high of a price the Edmonton Oilers paid for him will likely only ever abate as Larsson performs at least as good as he did in New Jersey last season.