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Originally Posted by ComixZone
The part that kills me is he may very well come in and score 15-20 goals, and keep us right where we are. This trade doesn't make the team better on the ice today, and I don't think it makes it better tomorrow either. This is a "swing" by Conroy. Time will tell, but man I don't like seeing that type of asset go out on a swing like this for a player who isn't exactly on an upward trajectory. The part that worries me the most is that our professional scouts have not been particularly good - and this seems to be a trade that comes from them.
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I can't evaluate the trades based on what I want the Flames to do which is rebuild.
To me it's clearly a signal that:
A) They aren't going to retain salary (they want to remain competitive)
B) They aren't looking for purely draft picks in trades
As I posted I think 12 months ago we all would have celebrated this exact same trade...so tough to really criticize it now.
I always want to buy low and sell high and feels like the Flames did that a little bit here. Wish it was a 2nd instead of a 3rd but ah well.