Feaster's end of the season press conference at 12 noon

[Walter Reed]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

If the oilers want the flames 23rd and 30th picks for the number 7 we would easily do it. I suspect that MacT would covet the jackets 14th pick and the 20-30 picks they have with the kings and rangers

There you go .... that might be the situation .... tx

[Stay Golden]

I would be shocked if Edwards gave Feaster the permission to buy out Tangs.
But i do think Feaster will be given the green light to seek as good of a return as he can get.
A 2nd round pick should not be impossible.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

I would be shocked if Edwards gave Feaster the permission to buy out Tangs.
But i do think Feaster will be given the green light to seek as good of a return as he can get.
A 2nd round pick should not be impossible.

I could see the Kings being interested especially if they are trying to bring in Iggy. I doubt the kings do it but I would like to get 1 of their grittier bottom wingers like Clifford, Nolan, or King. I would even trade tangs for Stoll if LA would do it. Flames are too deep at LW with 4 guys who can be considered top 6

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Not hard to think that if the flames draft 6th, TSN asks Feaster if the kid sitting next to him was one of the 4 he was talking about. If he is not, Feaster has to lie.

Yeah, that's the only part about it I don't like. It's almost certainly true, and almost everybody in the NHL probably agrees (even if the bottom name of the 4 differ from person to person) but the TSN hockey guys (Bob MacKenzie aside) are the dickish sorts that would actually ask that.

[_Q_]

Yeah I can see it now. Feaster fails to trade into the top 4, so end up chosing Lindholm or Monahan with the 6th.

Duthie asks Feaster "If you had the opportunity to trade up, would you have done it?"

Feaster replies with "Well, we looked at a couple of things and we felt that the top 4 guys just weren't the guys we needed. Being intelectually honest, we feel as though this player is going to be a an important piece moving forward."

Duthie: "Let me rephrase that, in one of your press conferences, you stated that you felt that there were 4 elite players in this draft. Is this player one of the top 4?"

Feaster: "Absolutely"

Duthie: "Alright, let's go back to McKenzie and Ferraro."

McKenzie & Ferraro: "HAHAHA Flames suck... Lindholm is garbage. He won't crack an NHL line-up ever. Feaster doesn't know anything. Go Oilers!"

Later on Feaster says the player picked with St. Louis' pick "might possibly be the best player in the draft when we look back on it 10 years from now" and the player picked with the Pittsburgh pick as being "a possible franchise player, might have picked him with St. Louis' pick if the other guys wasn't available"

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by _Q_

Yeah I can see it now. Feaster fails to trade into the top 4, so end up chosing Lindholm or Monahan with the 6th.

Duthie asks Feaster "If you had the opportunity to trade up, would you have done it?"

Feaster replies with "Well, we looked at a couple of things and we felt that the top 4 guys just weren't the guys we needed. Being intelectually honest, we feel as though this player is going to be a an important piece moving forward."

Duthie: "Let me rephrase that, in one of your press conferences, you stated that you felt that there were 4 elite players in this draft. Is this player one of the top 4?"

Feaster: "Absolutely"

Duthie: "Alright, let's go back to McKenzie and Ferraro."

McKenzie & Ferraro: "HAHAHA Flames suck... Lindholm is garbage. He won't crack an NHL line-up ever. Feaster doesn't know anything. Go Oilers!"

Later on Feaster says the player picked with St. Louis' pick "might possibly be the best player in the draft when we look back on it 10 years from now" and the player picked with the Pittsburgh pick as being "a possible franchise player, might have picked him with St. Louis' pick if the other guys wasn't available"

Boring.

[Enoch Root]

It was boring the first 20 times people spewed that crap

[PeteLFan]

I don't understand what you want him to say? Obviously we are drafting a player we like regardless if he's elite or not.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Yup, it was in the papers also with direct quotes from Prust. If i remember right Prust would have made more money in Calgary because of the lower taxes.

Prust had roughly similar contract pitches from Calgary and Nashville, those offers providing “way more” take-home pay, he said of Quebec’s notorious tax bite.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...#ixzz2Rt1OLHrJ

[Alpaca]

I am wondering if what Feaster might consider is taking a player in trade that he would then compliance buyout. Is that even possible, can a team buyout a player they justed obtained in a trade.
Feaster could help a team in cap trouble by taking a good prospect and a compliance buyout candidate.

[PeteLFan]

We better not trade a 1st for a Brandon Prust type player

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by Alpaca

I am wondering if what Feaster might consider is taking a player in trade that he would then compliance buyout. Is that even possible, can a team buyout a player they justed obtained in a trade.
Feaster could help a team in cap trouble by taking a good prospect and a compliance buyout candidate.

I can't see ownership just sinking money like this unless what the Flames got back was just an enormous return. Unless ownership agrees, but reduces the internal cap Feaster can work with by the same number.

[BigFlameDog]

Originally Posted by Alpaca

I am wondering if what Feaster might consider is taking a player in trade that he would then compliance buyout. Is that even possible, can a team buyout a player they justed obtained in a trade.
Feaster could help a team in cap trouble by taking a good prospect and a compliance buyout candidate.

I am pretty sure it is allowed and has been discussed a bit...would not be surprised at all if he did this to recoup some later round picks.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by Alpaca

I am wondering if what Feaster might consider is taking a player in trade that he would then compliance buyout. Is that even possible, can a team buyout a player they justed obtained in a trade.
Feaster could help a team in cap trouble by taking a good prospect and a compliance buyout candidate.

Wouldn't the original team be more inclined to buy out the player rather than trade him and a good prospect?

I could see the other team doing it for a mid to late pick, but i don't see a team giving up a 1st or good prospect instead of just buying the player out.

[Alpaca]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

I can't see ownership just sinking money like this unless what the Flames got back was just an enormous return. Unless ownership agrees, but reduces the internal cap Feaster can work with by the same number.

Feaster takes a prospect plus a complliance buyout. Result is they buy a prospect for the cost of the buyout.

[PlayfulGenius]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

I see them as making a pretty strong play to select Drouin. They don't have a scoring LW.

Drouin - Duchene - Landeskog
? - O'Reilly - Downie
McGinn - Stastny - Jones

Doesn't Landeskog play the left side?

[HelloHockeyFans]

It's funny how quickly people will look for things to condemn Feaster. Guy essentially says he will listen to any/all offers for their picks, which would seem to be the right approach to me. Especially considering how in the past, people said he'd be a bad GM if he weren't at least listening to all offers.

[the2bears]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Yes and No. Not a horrible comment because it is probably true. The problem is that the flames could be drafting in the 6th spot where they might get one of them or just miss on one of them.

Not hard to think that if the flames draft 6th, TSN asks Feaster if the kid sitting next to him was one of the 4 he was talking about. If he is not, Feaster has to lie.

Hopefully we either win the draft, trade up for one of them ( also long shot) or one of them falls to the flames.

I think most of these kids have a very good idea of their skills and where they stack up against the rest of the group. Not going to do too much damage to their fragile psyches to hear that they're not the team's first choice.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

I see them as making a pretty strong play to select Drouin. They don't have a scoring LW.

Drouin - Duchene - Landeskog
? - O'Reilly - Downie
McGinn - Stastny - Jones

Landeskog is a LWer. And you missed Parenteau on RW.

Look at their defence. How many guys do they have that would play top 4 on most teams in league? 1?

Obviously they can take a forward. But with the young talent they have up front I could easily see them dealing down a few spots, taking Nurse and then having an additional 1st rounder.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Not hard to think that if the flames draft 6th, TSN asks Feaster if the kid sitting next to him was one of the 4 he was talking about. If he is not, Feaster has to lie.

Has to lie? No he doesn't.