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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not sure I agree with that. Stillman played two more years for the Blues before winning back-to-back Stanley Cups. During that time Stillman was a top six producer for the Blues. With Conroy Calgary missed the playoffs both years and only made the playoffs once before moving on to LA. That year the Flames made the playoffs was the one where Stillman won his first Stanley Cup. Conroy's impact was not that significant IMO. He was a great interview and pal for Iginla, but as far as a main cog to making the machine go, never bought it. I agree with Yelle and Warrener being key components but I would also throw Langkow and Hamrlik in as a important players to the evolution and success of the team as a whole. I never saw Conroy as moving the needle much. But let's also acknowledge the gorilla in the room, the team went as far as Iginla and Kiprusoff could carry them.
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Yeah this is completely underselling Conroy's impact IMO. He was great in that 01-02 season and played a role in Iginla's emergence as a star for sure.
And was pretty good for all three of those seasons in Calgary, and was a big part of that 03-04 team. Sure Iginla and Kipper carried that team, but they don't have success without Conroy and Regehr too.
He also had 66 points in 78 games his first season after leaving Calgary and then made the US Olympic team in 2006 ( 5 points in 6 games at the Olympics led the US team). So not like he was only good in Calgary.
After that age Caught up to him a bit, he was 34 in 06-07 season had a rough start to the year in LA. but really he wasn't bad the first three years of that second stint in Calgary either putting up 0.55 PPG in those first three years back.