I think one of the moves he seems to get the most critisism for is the Regehr/Kotalik for Byron/Butler deal especially because he threw in that 2nd round pick but if you look at what he did with the Erixon deal with his back against the wall it sort of evened out with us getting 2 2nd rounders and somewhat promising prospects in Granlund/Wotherspoon + Horak on top of that.
I know Butler has been underwhelming but he is only 26 and he has put up #5 D numbers in his time here. If they continue to work with him he could turn into a serviceable 5-6 D who can log you 17 to 18 minutes a game which is what Regehr was averaging this year before he got hurt. If Butler ends up being a 5 or 6 D man down the road for us it's not that bad of a deal especially if Sieloff turns out to be a better player than McCabe (we ended up getting Buffalo's 2nd rounder when we traded down for the 21st overall and selected Sieloff 2 spots ahead of our 2nd round spot that went to Buffalo in the Kotalik deal)
If you look at the signing's from the off-season plus a full year of Cammy and you can see that Feaster is trying hard to improve the out-look of this team. Two drafts in a row as well with a different drafting philosophy is a breath of fresh air. I would give Feaster a solid 7.5 overall so far.
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