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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Those are serious, fundamental miscalculations, and arguably, none of this rebuild was Feasters idea. It was forced upon him because the franchise player wanted out. If this was a conscious rebuild, Calgary would have accumulated more picks instead of the bare minimum.
The overarching tenure of Feaster is half-measures, blunders and buzz words.
"I don't think trading for late round picks improves a hockey club."
That's coming from the General Manager of a hockey team that is apparently rebuilding. Lard Thurderin' Jeezus, we're going to be in for a long rebuild if that's the attitude.
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To be fair, Feaster in his tenure as the Lightning GM was one of the worst drafting GM in the NHL, so maybe we shouldn't blame him for preferring to trade away 1st round picks?
Seriously though, Feaster seems to watch the game as if he's a casual fan... a homer. As a guy who had a chance to view the team from an outsider's point of view and a guy that has time to evaluate the team from within, Feaster concluded that his presence and the minor moves he made were enough to get the team into the playoffs? A couple years later and there is no easy fix for the team? Setting a goal doesn't make turn the team into winners Feaster. The best things to happen to the Flames since Feaster became the GM was the moves he failed to make. Can you imagine if the team signed Richards and lost this year's first round pick and ROR to waivers?