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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It sounds like the Flames may be best off waiting for a contending team to suffer a major injury during the season or the trade deadline. Teams made out very well this recent deadline and I would hope that things should be similar next season. Of course if the Flames are in the playoff race it will make things more difficult but I sense that Conroy understands the steep repercussions of losing the assets for nothing and won't blink here.
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I would hope Conroy would be allowed to sell hanifin at deadline for futures , but I’m not convinced. I don’t think the mandate of making playoffs will change . Also as someone else pointed out , they can’t have this hanging over them in training camp. They don’t need the distraction. At least lindholm and backlund give the optics they might re-sign. Hanifin has told flames he won’t be re-signing and will be going to USA come July 1st.