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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I'd say that any of us who believe that this Flames organization needs to be built from the ground up through the draft should be happy with the return. It's future-oriented, and gives Conroy the ability to do exactly what is needed for this market.
Draft. Develop. Prosper.
There are no shortcuts to success in the NHL (...unless you're one of the top-5 markets in the league). Drafting and developing your own players is the hard work required to build a contender.
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Totally agree, and its very exciting to see Conroy actually implementing this type of strategy, because I think its the only thing that might actually make the team strong in the long run.
The only thing missing is maybe the real high end blue chip picks and prospects -- something that can generally only be acquired through some period of losing. Hopefully that starts now. I suspect next season won't be great, so possibly some of those types of picks will be coming.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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