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Originally Posted by Jay Random
You're the one who said (a) that the Flames were a laughingstock because of the Phaneuf trade and (b) the Flames were a laughingstock because of Feaster. The two things are mutually exclusive. You evidently aren't bright enough to see that you have blatantly contradicted yourself.
Pointing out a blatant contradiction in someone's case is not cherrypicking.
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I stated the moment the Flames became a laughing stock however that was not Feaster was in charge. During Feasters time as GM of the Flames he did nothing but add to that narrative.
I didn’t say Feaster turned the Flames into a laughing stock. I also provided several examples of what he DID do to add to that reputation that was developed by his predecessor by making a couple of horrible trades.
You know Jay there was more than one reason the Flames were a laughing stock for the better part of 3 years. I stated the incident that started it which did not happen to involve Jay Feaster. I then list several things Feaster did to keep that narrative relevant for 3 years.
Whatever grasp to whatever you want and gloss over the true facts.
So let me state it differently
Jay Feaster was a horrible GM
1. He overhyped and put far too much pressure on Sven Baertschi
2. He put unneeded hype on Mark Jankowski to try and justify a move that had the hockey world shaking their head
3. He made several horrible trades starting with Regehr where he gave a high pick to dump a player the team could have buried in Europe.
4. The reason he needed to dump that player in Europe was so he could take a run at a 31 year of UFA with a 9 year $7M+ AAV contract
5. He signed a mediocre Dman to a 5 year $5.25M deal with a full NMC
6. He handled the Iginla trade horribly which had the ho key world shaking their head at the flames and forcing Ken King to admit on the radio they probably should have confirmed with Iggy before making a trade
7. He trades Bouwmeester for A protected pick and 2 throw away prospects when he had a year and a half left on his deal and was in no immediate rush
8. He would go to the media and make statements that made the organization sound delusional. He would threaten change and do nothing or guarantee a playoff spot.
9. The RoR offer sheet
I will state this clearly so you understand
The above 9 points were some moves Jay Feaster made that contributed to the perception that this organization was a laughing stock. To be fair to Jay this team was not in the best shape when he took it over but he did nothing to change that perception for the positive. He turned this roster into a bottom 5 team and got very little for the assets he sold off. He was a bad hockey executive that almost certainly will never be a NHL GM again. We are lucky as fans he was fired shortly after the rebuild began
