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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I think getting Horak+two 2nd's was pretty good, as was Kris Russell.
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The Erixon trade was either a bad deal or a fair deal. Hate aside, at the time, Erixon was a 1st round picked that developed well. He was worth more than where we drafted him. So it was a bad deal because Feaster believed or was led to believe that he could have signed Erixon until it was too late. This wasn't a situation where Feaster didn't know what was going on. He should have gauged Erixon's willingness to sign and acted accordingly.
It was a fair deal if you think Feaster simply made the best out of a bad situation. Two 2nds for a late 1st is actually a standard price. Considering how Horak's NHL career turned out, he's nothing. And we actually gave up a 5th in that deal. How Erixon turned out and how we used the draft picks is a hindsight thing since there's no indication that Feaster targeted some 2nd round picks because there were guys he really wanted to draft.
As for Russell. Good pickup. But he was on waivers 3 days before Feaster traded for him.