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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The Toffoli trade return was underwhelming but most of the trades made last week had underwhelming returns for productive players. The coaching hire is underwhelming on the surface but Huska could surprise as only time will tell if he will be a good NHL head coach or not. As for the lack of trades it seems to be one of those drafts where teams wanted to hold on to their picks. Bad timing for the Flames but not much Conroy could do about that as all he can do is bide his time and wait for better offers that will come in time.
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The more time has passed since the draft, the more I think the Toffoli trade was real smart. While it wasn't a maximization of return, it did create some cap space, which the Flames desperately needed and takes away leverage that other teams would now be able to use against the Flames in trade discussions for the other players.
Imagine if Toffoli wasn't traded, teams would be looking at the market, looking at the Flames cap situation, and they'd be making even crappier offers knowing that Conroy had to move out salary. At least now, the Flames can get pretty close to being cap compliant without having to trade anyone of significance away for pennies on the dollar.
This was a terrible situation for Conroy to come into, Treliving can't blame Sutter for the cap situation, this was all on him and he was smart to jump ship.