This trade reeks of Erixson fiasco all over again. Feaster can feed us all the horse#### he wants but he messed it up again. All the ppl keep defending him cause they always give him a pass cause "his hands were tied", but reality is he's out of his league when it comes to being a GM in this league. No one here was happy with the package he was getting from the Bruins so lets not kid ourselves with this crap he got from Pittsburgh because his hands were tied. He basically should have created a bidding war for Iginla to up the price and then should have also known where Iginla wanted to go out of the four places, so he would know which offer to take.
Feaster basically concentrated on one team, got caught off guard when Iginla wanted to go somewhere else and then had to go hat in hand to Shero and see what he could get. Shero basically looked around on the floor, saw a half-licked lollipop on the floor, picked it up, blew on it and handed it to Feaster. This is the worst kind of return you can get for the best player on your team. All week we kept hearing its better to get quality over quantity in these type of deals and what does Feaster end up doing...getting quantity. He got bunch of players that don't even have a high ceiling, and I bet they were doing high-fives in the Pens front office when Feaster came calling again.
This team isn't going anywhere fast. Players get their way with Feaster, GMs get their way with Feaster. Heck it seems he doesn't even control any decision making. Worst of all we laugh at the Oilers and Kevin Lowe, but I feel Ken King is worst than Kevin Lowe. As long as Ken King and Feaster are here, I don't think we can expect things to get any better any time soon around here. I see dark, dark days for this franchise. How the ownership doesn't realize this is beyond me. Its like we have a bunch of Charles Wangs in the ownership group. I don't even known how our fan base can laugh at any other team any more cause we are worst off than any other team. Feaster has no plan or direction because it seems every trade it ends up that "his hands were tied". I have no faith in this management anymore. I will continue to support my team but I don't expect any miracles anytime soon. I think thats the problem here, ownership knows fans will support the team no matter what, and they don't feel any heat from these poor decisions.
At least with my Jaguars, the new owner realized that the problem was the GM and the coach so changes were made. The team might suck for a few years but at least there is hope for the future. But there is no hope here, these guys don't manage assets well, and I have no faith in deals that are coming before deadline. Especially now cause of what we got back for Iginla. Anyone expecting any great deals for any of other players is delusional about Feaster's capabilities.
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