I liked the candour that Conroy showed in the intermission, and this really goes a long way to rationalizing it. Hard to argue with it. We have all been asking when Coronato would get recalled. Solovyov also showed that he is probably ready for lots of NHL time, and I bet Klapka is not long for a call-up as well. Conroy was very classy in calling Zadorov's handling of the situation classy - I wouldn't have been, especially considering that Zadorov's agent works for the team that just got him.
Do you wait until the trade deadline for an injury so you have the room to bring up Coronato, or is the difference between maybe a 2nd and a 3rd, not enough to warrant the delay? This does give the Flames a lot more flexibility.
It wouldn't surprise me if Zadorov gives another interview in Russian between now and the start of next season, airing-out all the dirty laundry about the Flames over the last couple of seasons. I know MacKinnon was a little offended. Probably won't be much, but I bet he speaks about any factions in the room last season between the players that supported Darryl, and those that maybe didn't (if there was a huge divide, anyway).
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