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Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan
I don't have any issues with the results of the trades and actually think Conroy did a great job with all of them. But yeah, given Craig's comments and echoing the above, I can't help think that in this case the organization succeeded in spite of it self rather than because of it self (i.e. a broken clock is right twice a day).
Yeah I get that Hanifin, Tanev and Lindholm are all really good players, who are "known quantities" and could be "good for the room" but that fact of the matter is that barring some miracle run, it's painfully obvious that this team isn't ready to compete and won't be while these guys are still in their respective primes. Trying to resign these guys as late as last week reeks of an organization that being managed to not lose rather than one that's being managed to win which in my opinion is exactly how we stay in that mushy middle we seem to love as a fanbase.
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I don't agree at all. To me, it sounded like Conroy offered what he thought were fair deals to players he wanted, but the players weren't interested, and so to his word, he traded them.
Hanifin would have been a good fit for the team long term given his age. Tanev would have been an ok signing at a 2 year extension to mentor the young guys. Tofolli and Zadorov they had no interest in keeping.
The only guy that was questionable was Lindholm, and no one saw how crappy he'd become, and with Calgary lacking centres, I can see why there was interest in keeping him if he was interested in staying for a fair deal.