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Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon
Any nuggets from this interview? I cancelled my Athletic subscription a few months ago.
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My take away from it is that Conroy wants the team to get younger, faster, and more skilled. And while burning it to the ground is an option to get elite players, that plan does not always work. It creates a team culture of losing that is very hard to turn around once you acquire the talent you are looking for.
He would rather have a team that is competitive and trying to win every year that integrates younger talent into it. Draft picks are important. And trading assets for draft picks does not always help.
Mentions the less than 100 games from the Iginla and Bouwmeester trades. Have to wonder if that is what is impacting his thoughts on a Hanifin deal.
Know what you have in the player as opposed to future hopes and wishes.
Reiterated that you cannot lose assets for nothing.
So have to think that unless you are a league minimum salary player if you are a UFA you will be traded unless you are signed by the trade deadline.
He talked about how salary concerns for all of the teams are making it harder to do deals and how some teams have already mortgaged their futures so it makes it difficult to do deals with them.