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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I disagree with you assessment of Hamilton as it appears you are blaming him for the team underperforming the past season and change?
Hartley's problem was his system, while exciting when the team was on offense they were consistently pinned in their own zone. They surprised the league for one year with their stretch pass but once that was figured out they didn't adjust. Flames picked top 6 in 3 of Bob's 4 years which isn't all that surprising as he came in to be the last chance to get Iginla and Kipper to the playoffs.
Feaster's run was littered with mistakes. The Brad Richards 7x7 offer was terrifying as he was that delusional to think a 31 year old center was the missing piece of a Stanley Cup winning team (a team that missed the playoffs 2 years in a row and has 4 1st round exits the years prior)
The RoR offer sheet which has been discussed
The Iginla trade once again made the organization look like a joke. Don't agree to a trade until the player signs the NMC. The Bouwmeester, Tangauy, Regehr, and Smid trades all were horrible.
Going on TV and telling the pundits to "write it down we are making the playoffs" gave media and other fanbases a huge chuckle. Going on Sportsnet 2 days before the trade deadline and threatening to blow the team up to only backtrack and do nothing was also brutal.
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You missed when Feaster gave an elderly dman a 6 year contract taking that dman to his 39th birthday after the dman had 2 good seasons. That was by far his worst move and one that will live in infamy as the Flames suffer through that contract in a couple years.
As for Janko, I hope he does well. The Feaster pieces are really starting to pay dividends for the Flames.