If Grushnikov is the next Jamie Macoun, Robyn Regehr or Chris Tanev, Flames hit this out of the park. If he flops, but whomever Calgary ends up picking in that spot ends up being a franchise player, then Calgary hits it out of the park. Point is, you can choose to be upset about this, but there very well may not be anything to be upset about.
Didn't Conroy just say not very long ago for teams to put in their best offers? He did that with Lindholm when he was offered what Vancouver offered, and then went ahead and made that trade. I do believe that he took the best package available, as I believe very strongly that Conroy is no idiot. Maybe - MAYBE a team like Edmonton could have offered slightly more, but IF they did that, it would take a substantially better offer from them, not just 'slightly more'. I doubt Conroy would have turned down something substantially better from Edmonton or even Toronto.
This was the best deal on the table, and this does have a really good chance of being a huge win down the road. It most certainly was NOT a lousy return for us to be upset with.
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