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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Not surprising at all. It starts with a meddling owner that refuses to rebuild. Love Conroy, but he's the yes-man Murray wanted and as long as he refuses to rebuild, Conroy's hand are ultimately tied.
You get what you get when you go bargain bin hunting for a coach. I swore after Sutter was hired last time that I was fed up with the team failing to hire established NHL caliber coaches. Never again. I wish Huska the best, but he'll take a while to get the team's system down pact, if ever.
Kadri...woof. Mason Raymond, Brouwer, Neal should never even be mentioned in the same breath. This contract is...bad. Shades of a 33+ year old Iggy being expected to regain his youth of 10 years prior. Kadri is what he is; an aging vet on year 2/7 of his contract. Ouch. Just...ouch.
Can keep listing things out, but ultimately this is a middling team that will be strugglng all season long to keep their head above water most nights. Just have to hope it all comes together at some point. At least Markstrom looks great again. Hope to see the goalie situation rectified and Wolf brought up sooner than later.
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Iginla was 3rd in goals and 6th in points in the NHL when he was 33, not sure there is a comparison between the two.