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Originally Posted by MattyC
I never said he didn't deserve credit. It's not an indictment to say he trusted his staff to make the proper decisions at the draft. Good managers allow their employees to do their jobs. I think Feaster deserves a good amount of credit for the turn around of this team. That includes signing Hudler who played a large role in Monahan's and Gaudreau's development.
As I said, he was a good manager for a team in turnaround, but I'm glad we don't have him right now.
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I'm saying fans discount Feaster's role in CGY selecting 2011-2013 draft picks. They give credit to the scouts instead, thinking scouts just identity whoever they want.
This is not true. The GM, be it Feaster, Treliving, Sutter etc set the type of player they want. The scouts then find those types of players.
Button has stayed consistent with the different GMs but if Sutter was still in charge during 2011 Gaudreau would not have been picked IMO.
It was Feaster selecting that type of player hence the Baertschi, Gaudreau and Grandlund picks. They wanted high IQ. If you go back to post draft interviews you hear Button talking about how they liked player' brains during the Feaster years (Even for a Kanzig pick).
If you listen to Button after Burke's 2014 draft the comments are about being a leader, big, strong and competitive and also character ( which carried over from past GMs).