At least I know the team is trying to improve, even if it's questionable at best. Feaster has been far more active on the roster move front that alot of other teams, and he wants the fans to know they're trying - even if smarks like us at CP know more than most.
Ryan O'Reilly would have been a fabulous addition to our team. Baertschi, Backlund, Brodie, O'Reilly and Horak is a damn good young core to build from, especially since our drafting has been subpar at best in recent memory.
The Flames as an organization needs to look in a mirror, but don't look to hard. They're trying to accomplish a youth movement while still making the team competitive - a gradual transition that is a gamble but can pay off big time.
I don't believe Feaster should be fired from this. There was no discussion about this yesterday from any of these whistleblowers yesterday - and I imagine the whole situation of O'Reilly on waivers was due to misinformed advice among the Flames / Avalanche / NHL / agents. Feaster just happens to be the scapegoat in all of this IMO.
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