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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
This is patently not true and gets repeated all the time. What Feaster did and what all GMs do is set the parameters of they type of players he wants drafted.
Feaster saw that the Flames had previously (under Sutter) wanted traits like size, toughness, Western Canadian, ruggedness etc.
That's why JD Watts, Chucko, Prust etc were drafted - do scouts get blamed for those picks?
Feaster put a premium on hockey IQ, skill and character - you can go back and watch interviews where hockey ops guys talk about fans being proud of the players we draft and put Flames' sweaters on.
So Feaster did let scouts draft Gaudreau - he didn't draft them himself but he stated these are the traits we want, go find them.
It drives me crazy how people like to revise history and take away credit where credit is due.
I'm not saying he was a great GM and he had his faults but every GM selects the type of players they want drafted.
Without Feaster the Flames would've never drafted Gaudreau. You can see evidence of this when Burke became interim GM and see the 2014 draft class where he wanted size and truculence (Smith, Olaf Mattson etc).
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This is actually not true. Button is on record for saying Daryl was the one who revamped the scouting department and changed the drafting philosophy. The article about it has been posted here many times.