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Originally Posted by Saqe
Haven't kept up with the thread but this whole situation with Lindholm seems ridiculous, how is Conroy supposed to operate and build a team for next year if there is no deadline for Lindholm to make his decision?
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"Connie" learned his lessons well from the Wizard and his handling of Gaudreau. Always give the player all the control in negotiations and allow them to dictate terms and conditions to the team. Always give them time and space to maintain that control and don't be concerned about opportunities to focus on the big picture improvement of the team. It's all part of the process. /snark
Conroy is certainly putting the team behind the eight ball with the way he is handling this. He needs to be thinking big picture and react accordingly. The two big opportunities to make improvements have now passed for the year. Treliving painted Conroy into a corner and he now has to figure a way out.
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Draft is already gone and so are all the UFAs. Teams have filled their most urgent needs. Are they really going to take all three guys to next season knowing that they all are just waiting to get away and aren't invested in the team? Not blaming Conroy at all here but the situation stinks.
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The market for deals is quickly drying up. With each signing budgets become that much tighter and take more teams out of the mix for deals or make them that much harder to consummate. There are still multiple paths forward, but each one just became that much more treacherous because of the market the team did not anticipate.