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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
would anyone seriously even consider trading Monahan for RR straight up now? Cause that is exactly what Feaster was rolling the dice on.
And when that hail mary failed and the team continued to sink, the Flames proceed with a fire sale not 5-6 weeks later?
This wasn't a management team with any sort of real plan...more like wildly flailing in the dark.
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Even worse though was had Colorado not matched, and had O'Reilly not had to go through waivers, the Flames likely would have had to re-sign Iginla and not trade Bouwmeester. Imagine if the Avalanche had our first round pick last year. There's not a chance that Feaster would have moved our two best players only to result in the team getting worse and a conference rival getting a better first round pick. Between that, not asking for clarification from the NHL on O'Reilly's waiver status, and thinking that O'Reilly is a franchise centre, Feaster, and anyone involved should have been fired on the spot. I think the only reason the organization let Feaster keep his job for as long as they did was to avoid being a further laughing stock by admitting that they screwed up.