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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Except I think competing teams knew that the time was now, that message was out there.
Since no one bit, Conroy pulled the trigger on what he considered the best deal.
If he waited, Dallas may have gone another way, Tanev is not the only dman out there.
Teams had a long time to offer a first, no one did. Waiting likely would not have changed that.
Although we'll never know.
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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Or maybe NJ to retain the other 25% was no longer going to be on the table, and the deal with Dallas falls through and you take a package you like less. You get less. Obviously Conroy wanted this deal over next best offer, and I expect he knows the market. You can say Flames should have kept him if that was the return. I think it's incorrect to say he should have waited for better.
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That’s fair. I guess it boils down to what we value Grushnikov. Is he enough to bridge the gap between a 2nd and 1st round pick? some likely argue yes, others not so much if they don’t value prospects too much. I think it’s roughly the same value. And just to be clear, I am fine with the return. Just wish the conditional 3rd was instead the condition to the 2nd rounder turning into a 1st.