Pure speculation on my part, but after seeing how the league back pedalled on NJ penalties, I don't think they would have had the stomach to take both the player and picks from Calgary.
I will agree that the lack of due diligence in this transaction alone should have been cause for dismissal. There really is no excuse for that. I am neutral on Jankowski, too early to say. Feaster does deserve some credit for finally getting the rebuild going, he also deserves criticism for being a yes man for two seasons, and starting the rebuild too late. I don't think the the team would have spiralled down any differently had he tried to change the team's path. The Flames would have just hired someone else. The owners were not prepared to declare a rebuild, so it was not going to happen, no matter who was 'in charge'.
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"Cammy just threw them in my locker & told me to hold on to them." - Giordano on the pencils from Iggy's stall. 
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