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

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by thymebalm

Ferland, Knight, Hanowski should make your list. Size, skill, high ceilings.

3rd or 4th liners at best...not that there is anything wrong with that but none of those guys are top not six material

[Hanna Sniper]

I had to check the calender, feels like December 25th for me.....

Don't worry Santa, looks like I already got everything I wanted for Christmas

[Tinordi]

Originally Posted by moon

I think it was mainly hope turned into facts by many people.

The fans wanted to believe that there was someone who could make this rebuild much faster/better than what we have seen from other teams and Weisbrod didn't have the terrible record that a Feaster did (he had very little record actually.) Throw in the Boston connection that many seemed to ignore the facts on and attribute a lot of their success to him and it is easy to see how the Weisbrod myth kind of steamrolled into something a lot more than it ever appears he was.

Bang on assessment.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Sick.

Holiday freeze my ass. I didn't even really like Feaster that much. But this blows.

No class here. Unless Feaster took a dump on Brian's desk, I can't see any excuse for this timing.

It's freaking evil.

Feaster probably did drop a mud monkey on Burke's desk, while Weisbrod drank whiskey and filmed it.

Lesson learned - don't piss off white-haired one.

[EM11]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Sick.

Holiday freeze my ass. I didn't even really like Feaster that much. But this blows.

No class here. Unless Feaster took a dump on Brian's desk, I can't see any excuse for this timing.

It's freaking evil.

It's two weeks until Christmas, not December 24. The business can't stop for an entire month because of the holidays.

[Table 5]

To me this hints of an ownership group that is impatient and nervous. They see the slightly dwindling ticket sales, and are looking for ways to get back into the playoffs again...instead of the goal being winning the Stanley Cup, as it should be.

I guess we'll wait to see what happens, but from first blush, I'm not crazy about this move. I guess we'll see as soon as the first trade goes down.

[thymebalm]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

For top 6 forwards? They certainly don't make any list of mine.

Granlund has 14 points in his last 10 games, Ferland has 18 in his last 13... what criteria are you working with? The potential of the young skill guys on the farm has never been this high or deep.

[Mango]

Never a dull moment.

[moon]

Originally Posted by jg13

Why do I feel like Sven, Gaudreau and our First are all gone by the deadline?

Because you like overreacting for no reason?

0 reason to think that JG or the 1st would be gone and very little reason to think that Sven would go either.

[mustache ride]

Originally Posted by codynw

What bad moves has Feaster made?

LOL!
Last year no NHL Centers. This year no NHL Goalies. ROR. Got lucky on Richards, Bad trades that fell thru ect... Just terrible at everything.

[sureLoss]

It's a race:

Josh Rimer ‏@JoshRimerHockey 11s
Hearing Buffalo Sabres are speeding up process to hire their GM after what happened today with Flames Change.

[nik-]

Are winning game thread gifs appropriate?

[Vinny01]

If Burke is not taking over full time then Darcy Regier is coming on board IMO

[habernac]

knew this was going to happen as soon as Burke was hired. No surprise.

[sureLoss]

Gah more Nieuwendyk stuff:


Eric Duhatschek ‏@eduhatschek 23s
Nieuwendyk worked as a special assistant to the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008-09 and Burke recommended him to the Dallas Stars

Eric Duhatschek ‏@eduhatschek 11s
Nieuwendyk is a popular former player in Calgary, and seemed to do a pretty job as GM with the Stars. He and Burke can work together.

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 22s
As @DarrenDreger suggests, Nieuwendyk would make a lot of sense for the Flames for obvious reasons... we shall see.

[Kiran403]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Burke will not be the new GM

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 9s
Hearing Burke has already begun process of contacting GM candidates. I suspect some familiar names such as Nieuwendyk will be on the list..

Nieuwendyk makes me nervous.

Nieuwendyk would be a terrible move. That James Neal trade he made with Pittsburgh alone is enough to scare me.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

If Burke is not taking over full time then Darcy Regier is coming on board IMO

That makes no sense if Buffalo is concerned though.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Buck Murdock

Eric Francis on Hockey Central makes me want to puke..."The cupboards are bare, should be last if not for their good start"...talk about throwing your own city under the bus.

Dumb logic.

The City does not equal The Flames.

This City deserves way better than the Flames.

Now they suck and are evil too just to top it off.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by kipperfan

Tell you what I read into it, Murray Edwards has finally woken up and Ken King no longer has any say in what goes on in Hockey Op's - even better news than the Feaster firing, if true.

Yup, IIRC Murray Edwards runs a tight ship and last year Feaster might as well be wearing clown shoes...

[jg13]

Originally Posted by Hells Bells

Because you're paranoid and being unreasonable?

Uhhhh no we had a great plan in place and were miles ahead of the oilers in terms of a rebuild and obviously the owners didnt like it. They're the ones that are paranoid and unreasonable