Couple of things:
Bouw's NTC - maybe he only wanted to go to STL due to connection his family has with Hitchcock. Could have been only a couple of teams he was interested in similar to Iginla which makes Feaster's job hard.
The return - assuming that multiple parties were bidding, the first rounder must have been the sticking point. Holland wasn't bluffing when he said he didn't want to move his first rounder. If Feaster was insisting on a 1st rounder for Bouw and he got it, good for him sticking to his guns.
Lastly - return is better than D'Agostini and a 2nd rounder like we heard at last years draft, no?
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