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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
I don't think this is a 2013 vs 2024 discussion, this is a 2013 vs 2023 discussion. The state the team was in when Conroy took over in 2023 needs to be compared to when Treliving took over in 2013.
2013 was better because we had pretty much a clean slate to work from. The GM wasn't left with any trade debt to deal with and no real albatross contracts hanging around the team. The assets to dump in that first year weren't as good as Conroy got to work with but the prospect base was also better IMO.
Conroy has improved that prospect base in his first year of managing the team by getting some prospect depth at an area we needed help. He's been way more proactive in dealing with issues head on than the last GM. Conroy has got us off to a way better start in a rebuild or retool, and that started in earnest last summer IMO.
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Which makes this situation better because Treliving never seemed like he wanted to stockpile picks and prosects and always wanted vets at the bottom of the lineup. The biggest win from this year was Conroy has done both and now has tons of picks, tons of prospects and guys like Zary, Pospisil, Wolf, Coronato, Pelletier all with 30+ games in the NHL and Wolf having 15 starts in the nhl. He has more kids coming but already has a roster full of kids that got a fair number of games and Pospisil and Zary played major roles all year and responded very well.