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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
It is a gamble though, and, more to the point, is O'Reilly such an outstanding player of franchise quality or the salary they would get him for so low or some combination of the both, to make this gamble worthwhile.
If there is a posibility you lose your picks and a couple of million with nothing to show for it you would expect the payoff to be for nothing less than a Stamkos or a Seguin or maybe a lesser player at a huge discount, O'Reilly may be a good player but he is neither franchise quality or particularly cheap in this deal.
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Agreed. From the outside looking in, at the minimum, it looks like a gamble. I guess we will never really know whether it was an oversight with a smooth talking coverup, or a calculated risk they were cofortable would work itself out in their favor. As the dust settles, it looks like the Flames interpretation of the MOU would have prevailed. I guess I am willing to put my pitchfork away for another day.
As for whether you think ROR is worth all of this... I dont know enough about him to say, and am not prepared to debate that. I will say that I, for the most part, have been satisfied with their pro scouting lately. Wideman and Hudler seem like great acquisitions, and there does seem to be more emphasis on skill in the cupboard lately. ROR may not turn out to be a franchise player, but with our dire need, ha may still have been a franchise changing player to the Flames. I would have enjoyed watching that drama unfold.
In the end, Feaster was able to put the screws to a division rival, and the benefits of that may yet develop further. In my mind, I guess I will have to find another reason to fire Feaster. This ends up being much ado about nothing.