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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
As Burke said when Feaster was let go: Someone had to come in and do the dirty work before you can start building a contending team. And someone has to be the scapegoat when it's time to take the next step. Feaster got us out of cap hell. He got the rebuilt started. Drafting was excellent. Not the best at the blockbuster trades he had to make, but I honestly think a couple years from now we'll look back see those parts as big contributors to the team. Feaster was stuck being the guy in charge when the owners still wanted to make the playoffs off an aging core. Then suddenly their minds changed and he was then in charge of leading the team to a rebuild. I think he did well as a result.
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Yeah, I think a lot of knew that whoever was hired to trade Iginla would likely not be around for the whole rebuild. Feaster was hired to be a dismantler... it's a dirty job and fortunately Treliving doesn't need to carry that baggage.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Feaster deserves credit for a few solid moves he made. The top of the list is hiring his good buddy Bob Hartley. Feaster made this move but I remember the sorry of Bob having to win the approval of Conroy and Weisbroad. Also not sure if it was King or Feaster but getting Conroy to move up to the front office was very smart.
Letting his scouts draft the BPA. He didn't scout Gaudreau but he did give Button permission to draft him. The 2011 draft looks like we might have 4 NHLers on our hands. 2013 he took the obvious pick in Monahan but the sportier pick over perhaps the more natural pick in Shinkaurak was wise. Again letting the scouts do their work and staying hands off was very smart.
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Feaster is humble enough to know that he isn't a hockey genius down to the street level. He is a manager of people. It is a method that can work on many levels, but can have drawbacks. In a way, he was the opposite of Darryl Sutter when he was a manager and it seems obvious as to why he was brought in to be Darryl's yin to his yang.
Treliving and Burke on the other hand, seem to be more of a hybrid style GM management team.