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Originally Posted by Vinny01
This is lining up to be a very advantageous situation for the Flames and in many ways I hope a perfect storm is lining up for Conroy. This has to be one of the weakest free agent classes in a long time, this happens to be a draft hyped as one of the best in a generation, you have a cap that is almost certainly rising significantly next year, and 3 of the assets you are moving have a cap hit of less than $5M. Lindholm and Toffoli have zero trade protection while Hanifin only has a 8 team no go list. Backlund has a 10 team trade list so you move him if it makes sense but the least amount of urgency of the 4 is with him. With the rising cap most teams should feel confident they will have the space to re-sign the player we are sending.
This really lines up for Conroy to get some good returns for these guys. I am happy they are forced to blow this team up and really ring in the new era of the Flames
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True. There is definite potential for a home run at the draft. I worry that all the other GMs will be smart enough to know that Conroy will now have no choice but to move these guys and he will be “desperate” to move them after the draft if no one steps up with good enough offers at the draft. Teams are going to try to take advantage of Conroy in these circumstances.
Would really love for Conroy to surprise everyone and just hit a home run at the draft… something like moving Lindholm, Backlund, Hanifin, and Toffoli at the draft for first round picks. Get the eastern teams bidding against each other for these bargain contracts and end up picking 4 times in the first round. It would be a huge 180 for this team. All of a sudden having one of the deepest prospect pools in the league after a single draft.
Then sign some monsters in free agency to one year deals… let the kids score goals and learn the league while the goons punish teams. Reclaim the old “hardest working team in the league” mantle… even if they lose games, just make sure the other teams feel the pain of playing them the next day.
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