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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Accepting that there was only two options:
1. Keep Toffoli
2. Make this specific trade
Is a bit disingenuous. Conroy targeted what he wanted, which was a return that could help the team compete this season. It is just another example of a Calgary Flames pro scouting department having a bad read on a situation. This specific trade is bad for the Calgary Flames.
While Conroy is being praised by some for showing a patient approach with some players, he should be criticized for making an impatient poor trade on this one.
This trade makes even less sense when you look at the offensive system this year, which is no different than last year's. If they were actually making tangible changes to focus more on speed/skating, then they could have looked at Sharangovich as a step in that direction. There's no change in approach though, so this particular trade just strikes me as poor.
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All depends on what you feel the pressure points were.
I think getting one of the 7 players off the books and not bringing back all 7 was key to the decision making.
Moving one of the two older guy that had 5-6 year salary demands to resign was probably a pretty good target.
You can always walk away and trade no one ... or take the best you can after grinding it out.