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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
There’s no conspiracy against Conroy and the Flames. Other GMs aren’t picking on him. Brisson isn’t doing anything the agents for other pending UFAs haven’t done in the past.
Market conditions are working against the Flames. Their big UFA is apparently only willing to sign with a couple teams. Several of the teams in win now mode have previously traded away their 1sts and 2nds. And several of the others are more in need of a RHD than LHD. The cap crunch makes any deal with significant salary difficult to pull off.
It’s frustrating. But talk about strong-arming and sending signals is off-base. The NHL trade market isn’t as emotional and macho as some fans seem to think. Taking a worse deal to ‘send a signal’ would be foolish. Conroy and the rest of Flames management are smarter than that.
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Yup, Flames preferred to sign Hanifin and it didn’t happen. Sounds like they kept trying to re-engage and got rebuffed. They are now down to the wire and trying to send him to a team he will re-sign with to get a better return. He will still get a 1st from someone.