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Originally Posted by Bonded
This is such a weird criticism of Conroy. How is he supposed to 'keep his mouth shut' when it comes to extensions? String the UFAs along and be like yeah, I am totally interested in re-signing you for max years and a high cap hit and then just trade them? Seems like the Flames aren't interested in a contract that Zadarov wants and he wants to find a team that is.
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Umm, sort of? Hyperbole aside, it is usually a good idea to have your vets think they're in your long term plans. Especially if a quarter of your roster is pending UFAs. Probably advisable to re-sign some of them? Not all, some.
But you're right, having Conroy slam the brakes on a Hanifin extension, then having that leak to the media is a work of genius. Now we have Hanifin, Lindholm, Tanev, Zadorov, etc. most of which are at o near lows in terms of trade value heading to UFA. I'm sure Conroy will get a real haul of assets for them.