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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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They WERE looking to upgrade speed/skating. And size. That was the point - and result - of the trade.
First of all, the offensive system is not the same as last year, and HAS changed, but even if your point were accurate, that is a lousy reason to make a trade. Trades - especially when trading older players for younger - are done with longer term goals in mind. Which, I would remind you, is exactly what you WANT them to be doing.