I must be living under a rock. I didn't realize that Sakic already made Chris MacFarland the GM of the Avs, so scratch his name off as a potential replacement.
Conroy would be interesting as there are a few other higher profile ex-NHLer from his era taking on GM/executive roles and being successful. Sakic, Yzerman, and Francis... possibly Mike Grier depending on how that goes. Scott Nichol and Mathieu Darche, not as high profile of course, are also working their way up in management these days.
I am not saying being from that class would make Conroy a good GM, but now might be the time to see. I mentioned it before, but I wonder how a guy like Conroy who seems nice right down to his soul, would handle having to make hard decisions on players and their lives. I don't know the guy personally, but he seems more like a guy who could easily reel people in, but maybe not cut them loose so easily.
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