I was surprised Feaster wasn't let go at the end of last season, but even more surprised he was terminated now. Would have figured he was safe at least until the end of this season.
As for Weisbrod - I liked him. However, he was not responsible for turning around the drafting. Flames had increasingly better drafts in the years prior to Weisbrod joining the franchise. However, I thought he was positively adding to it.
I think we can all guess as to why Feaster was let go, but why exactly was Weisbrod? Would have assumed that the new GM would have decided to keep him or not. Why Weisbrod only then if the plan is to have the new GM select his own 'team'? Burke himself stated that during the draft while he was in Anaheim, felt that the Flames "hit it out of the park" this past draft. Why fire the guy that was probably a big part of that?
I am not saying it was a mistake to let go of Weisbrod - I am just not sure why they would.
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