If nobody ponies up more than a 2nd, I hope Conroy holds onto Tanev just to shove it to guys like Treliving who think they can pull a quick one. In a year with limited Dmen, he should be going for a premium. It's hard to believe 18 or so teams aren't falling over the chance to get him for the playoffs, where traditionally guys like him is exactly what every team needs.
As for Pittsburgh's Guentzel situation, that just means the value goes up for our guys. Ownership has really f'd themselves in Pittsburgh by doubling down on their core and adding to it this off-season with Karlsson. They very well may be in a worse situation than the Flames because they'll refuse to deal Crosby, Malkin and Letang, and truthfully outside of those guys I don't think they have much worth anything for the future. By some accounts written last year those guys have been large voices on keeping it going. They have to take a back seat and let the GM do their job and rebuild, and that comes with trading some or all of them.
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