I wonder if Conroy is trying to line up multiple trades to pull the trigger at the same time. It seems possible that one trade could negatively affect negotiations of another. For example, say Conroy isn't getting great offers for Toffoli but is going to bite the bullet and accept whatever the best offer is even if it isn't exactly what he expects. A team looking at Lindholm might then think they can lowball Conroy there because they think he is desperate. I think there could also be an aspect of if Conroy partially blows it up, other teams are going to know that he can't just go half-way with it.
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