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King and the ownership group have taken some of the power away from the blank cheque that Sutter had, and most GM's have, since the end of the Phauenf trade year. Conicides also with Hotchkiss taking a step back from the team before his passing, and Edwards taking over the mantle.

More checks and balances, tighter control, whatever you want to call it, KK and Edwards became more involved. Feaster took the job knowing full well the structure, and knew that was the role.

He can say he has "full control", but its with conssnt and group discussion with King and Edwards et al. to get to that point. So everyone's to blame in some aspect, for either letting it happen, or not stepping back, or both.

Feaster's made his own statements and own mistakes on his own, as well, as have been documented again and again.

Finally, this team is moving on, with the changes already made, and more big decisions this summer with draft picks, buyouts, and cap space; decisions that will affect the next 5-10 years of this franchise. Can you really see Feaster being here for that much longer, himself having said he wasn't here to be the guy who was going to rebuild?

I can't, so cut your losses now...don't wallow around for another year and "see what happens".

King doesn't get fired, he gets moved up to another role, and Edwards takes a step back, and lets a strong hockey guy he trusts take care of the day to day and year to year decisions for this staff and ultimately the roster on the ice, and a guy who won't take Edwards or King trying to provide input on decisions they really shouldn't have a say in.