legacy" in Boston, but faulted the later years as "marred by trade disasters, misplaced loyalties and salary cap mismanagement." However, they also suggested that he would soon be hired by another team. Edmonton Oilers (2015–2019) On April 24, 2015, nine days after he was fired by the Bruins, the Edmonton Oilers announced Chiarelli's hiring as general manager and president of hockey operations. As general manager, his first task was to prepare for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, where the Oilers held the first overall pick after winning the draft lottery, as well as other high draft picks in what would prove in many assessments to be the deepest draft of the decade. With the first overall pick, the Oilers selected Connor McDavid, hailed as the most talented prospect since Sidney Crosby a decade earlier. However, at the same time Chiarelli made another decision that would in retrospect be considered one of his worst, trading the sixteenth and thirty-third overall picks to the New York Islanders for defenceman Griffin Reinhart. Reinhart would ultimately play only 29 games for the Oilers, considered a draft bust, while the Islanders would use the sixteenth overall pick in the deep draft to select star forward Matthew Barzal. More positively, Chiarelli moved other draft picks to acquire goaltender Cam Talbot from the New York Rangers. In the leadup to the 2016–17 season, Chiarelli made two widely faulted moves, the first being the trade of former first overall draft pick Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Adam Larsson. Hall would go on to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player with the Devils, while Larsson had a largely unremarkable tenure with the Oilers. At the same time, former Bruin Milan Lucic was signed to a 7-year, $42 million contract. This signing was criticized as at the time the game was perceived to be transitioning away from the style in which Lucic excelled. Despite this, the season itself was a success for the team, with the Oilers qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in ten years and advancing to the second round, narrowly losing to the Anaheim Ducks. Much of the Oilers' success that season was attributed to Talbot in goal, as well as a Hart-winning season from McDavid. Expectations were raised for the Oilers following this playoff run. However, Chiarelli made another of his most