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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
What was the mess? Kotalik, Hagman and Stajan right? (Total, I believe $7-8M)
The solution was giving up Regehr to move Kotalik (Kotalik ended up leaving for Europe anyways, oops)..... Hagman was selected off re-entry waivers, so we had to eat half of his salary..... Stajan is still here.
Feaster's mess he did leave behind included Shane OBrien, David Jones, Denis Wideman, which totals $11M. You could argue we had to move Sarich and Tanguay's salary, both both guys were signed by Feaster.
Thanks Jay.
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Hagman and Kotalik were one part of the mess. Half the team being on NMCs was another part of it, paired with being at the salary cap missing the playoffs. Not to mention we had little to no prospects to speak of.
Navigating through that was going to cause a few complications, for sure. I would have liked to get a lot more for Regehr and Kotalik taking off really can't be held against Feaster. Definitely an oopsies, but not something Feaster can be blamed for can he?
Again, I would have liked more for Bouw and O'Brien was a puzzler but every move not being a grand slam puts Feaster in the 'not great' category but most certainly not the 'travesty' category.
Wideman has been injured. Before that, I still love the acquisition and hope he can become a valuable part of our team.
Stajan, a Sutter acquisition, is an asset to this team and I'm glad he's still here.
David Jones was a gamble I'm glad we took. The potential was definitely worth the risk, and I still think he could become a valuable part of this team if he can work out his game.
I loved having Sarich and Tanguay here.