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Originally Posted by browna
According to Feaster, in the next sentence after talking about O'Reilly being out out of the picture, the Flames were positioned to "pounce" in the trade market. (his words, or him agreeing with Millions' words)
Of course, in the sentence before talking about doing what they did with O'Reilly, he said they had explored the trade front and the price around the league was too steep.
I don't think in that the 6 hours between offer being tendered and then matched, the trade market softened or changed once inch.
If he wasn't willing to pay the price before the O'Reilly thing, enough to stick his neck out and do an offer sheet, I really hope he's not going to go back and jump at one of the offers he deemed too steep of a price, now that O'Reilly is gone, and the heat is on him to make up for his blunder.
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I don't think a move will be made based on a perceived blunder. He probably has a good handle on the trade market and determined that O'Reilly via offer sheet was the cheapest cost asset wise for an upgrade at center. That option is closed, so he is off to plan B, which is an upgrade at C but at a higher cost asset wise. I do believe he is sincere in trying to improve the team and will not make a move to 'save face'.