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Originally Posted by Anduril
I feel like this is going to just degrade into debates that have already been rehashed multiple times (especially the weak drunk driving analogy) so this will be a final point on my part.
Because this was an unprecedented situation, I still believe that Feaster had solid ground to work with in making the offersheet to ROR. Even if this issue was brought to light after the fact of the offersheet going through, Feaster gets the opportunity to offer his interpretation of the MOU, versus the media picking up on a single reporter's interpretation and running with it as the glorified standard.
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I'm not even talking about the whether or not ROR would have had to pass through waivers. For the sake of argument, let's say that he wouldn't have had to and that Colorado didn't match. What is so reckless about this is making a move like this without knowing whether or not you can re-sign Jarome Iginla. Imagine this whole thing goes through and then 3 weeks later, Feaster is forced to trade Calgary's best player because Jarome doesn't want to re-sign. The very thought of having to trade Iginla when we don't have our own first round pick is scary enough, nevermind that it would be a division rival that would get to exercise it. The drunk driving analogy is not weak because it illustrates just how little regard for the future actually went into that offer sheet and how just because we got away scot free, does not change how poorly this reflects on management's ability to make sound decisions going forward. By all means, bury your head in the sand, I just pray that ownership is not doing the same.