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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Neither would Feaster. When O'Reilly signed the Flames' offer sheet, they were in the thick of a playoff hunt, and not really a threat to finish with a lottery pick. Everything about the O'Reilly deal indicated that Feaster's intention was to push for the playoffs, and I'm quite certain that he imagined the pick to be in the 15–20 range, especially given the expectation that O'Reilly would have improved the team.
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Were they? They were second last in the West and had a pretty crappy record and 25th in the NHL. But I can't blame Feaster for doing what he did. If Edmonton wins one more game they end up with Monahan and we would have ended up with a player not as good as ROR. So It is easy to look back and judge stuff with hindsight. It was ballsy and it could have worked. Actually more times than not I think it could work out in our favor.