Meh. Preseason experience isn't even all that useful. Yes our prospects need to learn what it takes to play in the nhl, but they get better experience with that through the training camp process.
It makes sense to have the top borderline prospects play a small number of preseason games, but the purpose of the preseason is to get the team ready. It's not an extended tryout.
Hopefully what the team does do is use call-ups to give the prospects who've then earned a shot a few actual nhl games, instead of relying on useless vets who will be in Europe in a couple years.
As for Conroy, his role likely involves working a lot with the prospects. Obviously, he's going to pump their tires. That's so this was, not criticism of Sutter.
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