Here's a different angle. Feaster didn't make use of his cap space by not signing Nyquist to an offer sheet over the summer. He could have offer sheeted nyquist at $3m per season and acquired a quality prospect for a 2nd round pick. Yeah, he would have pissed off Holland but we would have been better off with Nyquist in our starting lineup than not. Given Detroits cap situation, they would have had no other option but to let nyquist go or sell some of their other assets for cents on the dollar. Feaster could have done the same with the Kings and Clifford as they were pushed up against the cap.
Feasters inability to use cap space in this manner is as much of an indictment as turning down Detroits purported offer for Bouw. Couldn't close the deal(s) when it counted.
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