Random Thoughts
July 14th, 2008 by prplmnkydwNo new news from Raleigh, though the News and Observer did run this nice piece on prospect Brandon Sutter. Sutter is the Cane’s best prospect, and is more than likely to make the team this fall.
My other thoughts revolve around two recent firings. First, our southeast rivals Tampa Bay parted ways with GM Jay Feaster. This move was pretty clearly coming after Barrie and Koules took over the franchise and began running things from the owner’s box rather than the GM’s office. Still, pushing out a GM who put together a Stanley Cup team was a bit of an amateur move, as have been many of the new owners’ free-agent activity. I was never a fan of Feaster, especially after the way he handled Dave Andreychuk a couple of years ago. The recent nonsense surrounding the trade of Dan Boyle was also remarkably like the dishonorable way in which they Stanley Cup team’s captain was forced out. Still, Feaster was smart and professional, something which Koules and Barrie are yet to establish themselves as.
Ted Nolan also got the axe recently (today). Bad move by GM Snow. Nolan got a lot out of next to nothing on Long Island the last couple of years. I guess that wasn’t enough.
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