[News] Feaster and Weisbrod relieved of duties. Burke will hire a new GM

[GreenLantern]

-Our fans are our life blood but they can't drive the decision making process
-I am not running for office, I am trying to win hockey games
-I have to take the steps to win us hockey games, they aren't all fun days
-This isn't a popularity contest, I don't pay attention to all the talk
-My Judgement is that this move today was necessary

[sureLoss]

Conroy is not a candidate for GM right now... will be in the future says Burke

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Not without reason, actually.

Gadreau can choose a team that suddenly seems to value size before skill, or he can go to free agency and pick a better situation.

Yea, in august 2015 .....

[OzSome]

So i went to Red Deer and the next thing i knew Burke fired Feaster and Weisbrod??? Weisbrod?? i just don't get it.

[jg13]

Originally Posted by DOOM

And we still are..

you're lost. this team is getting bigger with this firing and gaudreau and sven are the pieces that can get us the most in return.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by RM14

Mentioned "Anaheim blueprint", yes please!

Yup. Live off the back of another GM's work, then get lucky and sign a HHOF defenceman who wants to play with his brother and another HHOF-calibre defenceman who wants the F out of Edmonton.

Easy as pie.

[d_phaneuf]

Molly Burke ‏@mollysburke 8m
Okay....so maybe I should pick Dad up for a haircut this week

[Table 5]

This team is small without Gaudreau or Sven in the equation. I don't think it means either one are gone.

Just look at our defensemen....no a lot of size there. And guys like Hudler, Stempniak, Cammy sure don't help on the front end either.

You can make a lot of changes in this lineup to make the team bigger without having to trade Johnny and Sven.

[wooohooo]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Is Burke too cheap for a haircut, or is this a style? His head looks even bigger

He looks like he just woke up from bed after a bad, bad hangover.

[GreenLantern]

-To me there is another team conducting the search for a GM right now
-If there is any overlap on the candidates we want, today is important and I will find that out soon
-You'd like to avoid the Christmas situation, but the way this worked out with the timing of the report is how things came about today
-75 days of being around asking a lot of questions, called teams they worked for before Calgary, got outside evaluations.
-This was fair, they deserved that

[KevanGuy]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

“I was working for Anaheim at the time – I had no dog in this fight – and sitting upstairs watching, I think Calgary had the best draft,” Burke said

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=681507

He said that three months ago, his opinion could have changed after he did his research.

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by jg13

you're lost. this team is getting bigger with this firing and gaudreau and sven are the pieces that can get us the most in return.

Assuming makes a .....

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Feaster should have been fired the day after the ROR fiasco.........or immediately after the Avs matched. That wasn't just a mistake, that was a potentially franchise-crippling move. Feaster dodged a massive bullet when the Avs matched.

The next little while should be interesting anyway, hope Burke brings in the right guy.

[mykalberta]

I guess we need to start the countdown for the following:

1 - overpriced under preforming past his prime player who has "grit"
2 - stick boy from NCAA program to run as a straw man for GM so Burke has someone to fire when things go bad
3 - overpriced never preformed that great except for a few games goalie

I love how he back seats drive and says Feaster didnt get full value - people like that are scum.

Doesnt like how we havent been able to hold onto leads. Wow, I guess the fact that our team is filled with AHL players and that we have the lead to begin with isnt even a thought. Cause you know, all young teams have no problems holding onto leads.

I finally actually liked this team. Yes we were always going to finish near the bottom. Thats what happens when you try to hold on hope that a barely 8th place team is only a few pieces away from the Cup.

[CaptainYooh]

I REALLY wish that someone asks him if he'd make an effort to re-sign and keep Iginla at the end of the last season just to hear him say "Yes".

[GreenLantern2814]

-Love how the coaches are playing the kids.

[GreenLantern]

-I'm frustrated like all the fans with the inability to hold leads
-I love how the team works, I love how the coaches are using the kids
-Lots of development to be happy about, but I hate seeing these third period losses

[Dagger]

The writing was on the wall when the hiring was made. Not dissimilar to when Feaster was appointed AGM and all the "second opinion" "sounding board" stuff was spouted when he was hired. It was obvious.

My guess is that he hires a first time GM, so Burke can take on a more authoritative and heads on roll and help the guy grow into the position. Jason Botterill would be excellent. He was originally a capologist, which is important for us if we're going to fill ours efficiently, and he's been apart of a winning organization down in Pittsburgh for the duration of his FO career.

[The Hendog]

Originally Posted by Table 5

This team is small without Gaudreau or Sven in the equation. I don't think it means either one are gone.

Just look at our defensemen....no a lot of size there. And guys like Hudler, Stempniak, Cammy sure don't help on the front end either.

You can make a lot of changes in this lineup to make the team bigger without having to trade Johnny and Sven.

Good point
This could increase the odds of guys like Cammy & Stempniak being traded this year before the deadline

[CliffFletcher]

Keeps talking about another team doing a GM search and time pressure. Gotta think Burke wants Regier, and he feels he needs to move now.