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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
That may be true (that it is a tired take). But re-signing our old guys and not committing to a path where you can get a bunch of talented players within 24 months of each other in their mid 20’s will set us on a path for continue mediocrity. Time will tell which path Conroy takes.
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Conroy has said on a couple of occasions that he will make room for young players. I suspect he means more than this year alone. Just my assumption but I think we are going to see a prioritization of draft picks/prospects/young players more than we had seen over the past 5 years or so. That’s only my best guess and certainly could be wrong but it just seems to me that having a front office with a relatively young GM who is going to be leaning on a former teammate who has a pretty good handle on the next generation of western born hockey players leans towards a younger team.
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Originally Posted by Ped
If you believe that its the owners dictating the course, then it doesn't really matter who the GM is as far as plan is concerned.
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I’ve long suspected this was the case but circumstances change. Maybe there is credence to the thought that the Flames need to have an eye to building up to the opening of a new arena in 4-6 years.
The premise I disagree with that we see some posters push ad-nauseam is there’s only two paths for this team; mediocrity or rebuild. I think that’s a lazy take and I definitely don’t believe this ownership group will support an intentional down to the studs rebuild. I also think there are several ways to build a consistently competitive team that most of us want to see and the aforementioned tear it down to the studs (which is extremely unlikely for this team) is just one of them.