Burke announced on Thursday that Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod had been fired. He said of the firing, "My conclusion was that we needed to make a change to get to the next level."
Burke will serve as acting GM while he seeks a full-time candidate for the job. Burke also added that coach Bob Hartley and the coaching staff are safe til the end of the year.
"We need to figure a way to hold some of these leads and convert some of these leads into W's, but in terms of the terms of the team's work ethic and the role that the young players have been given, I'm very pleased with the coaching staff," added Burke about the coaching staff.
Feaster joined the Flames in 2010 as the assistant GM. When Darryl Sutter was fired, Feaster was given the full-time position in May of 2011. However, he has mostly been in rebuilding mode, trading away Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester to the Bruins and Blues, respectively.
The Flames have not made the playoffs since 2008-09 and sit at 13th in the Western Conference. Burke wants to build the Flames in a way he did with the Ducks in the 2007 Stanley Cup run, when he was GM there.
Let's face it. The Flames were going nowhere and many people saw this coming. This team has got a lot of young talent, but it just hasn't produced as much as the front office would like it too. Darryl Sutter did a great job while he was there, but some of the players he had at the time were starting to get past their prime and Feaster inherited that when he came over. That's why they've finished outside the playoff picture the last few years. Honestly, in the tough Pacific Division, I doubt the Flames will get into the playoffs again this year, but they seem to be going in the right direction with their young stars and the games they have played. Right now, they need to focus on hockey and getting some good wins under their belts and Burke needs to focus on finding a GM suitable enough to get the right players in Calgary to build a winning team there.
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