Conroy is as qualified as any acting AGM in the league so I don't see an issue with him getting promoted to GM but I do have two reservations.
1. Edwards passed over Conroy just a few months ago and offered the job to 64 year old Don Maloney. It's possible Edwards doesn't feel he's ideal to run his team and this could be a respect issue in their relationship.
2. I feel the organization needs a shakeup in certain areas like goaltender coaching/development and I'm not sure that will happen with an internal hire as it seems few people ever got fired in the organization over Treliving's nine years outside of the head coach and a few assistants. The best thing Burke ever did was purging the organization of people tied to the previous regime such as Weisbrod. I feel a GM with an outside perspective may be able to identify areas of required improvement better than someone that's attached to everyone in the building like Conny.
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