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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Id like to know who the worst Flames GM was, in ranking order. I bet Feaster surprises a few people, and I'm not a fan of Feaster.
I think the rankings would be unfair. For example, Sutter was acting head coach, GM, scout, farm team GM and everything in between, whereas Trevy has 3 assistants and a highly seasoned mentor, all whom have no mandate to win hockey games. Obviously the results are going to favor Trevy.
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Personally, I have Al Coates as the worst Flames GM. He was in charge during the young gun era and seemed like he just couldn't get that rebuild going. It just seemed like the same thing over and over, no attempts to better the team because he was handcuffed by this or that. Yes, the finances changed after the CBA and all that, but he just never seemed to adapt to the changes and the team suffered. A good GM should have found ways to be smarter then the financial restrictions, he seemed to use them as his excuse to ice a poor team.
His trades weren't completely awful
http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/...l_Coates/163/3) but the drafting and inability to adapt to the new market just killed the Flames for a good while after he was let go.
While I dislike Feaster, I would be hard pressed to say that he has left us in a position where we have no future and still need to put major pieces in place to rebuild. We have some very good youth that are showing promise here and now rather then having to say "Well they look good on paper so just give them time".