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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

I find the organization to be rudderless and have no idea what they are doing, allowing the players to drive direction of the hockey club. Been that way since Treliving arrived and has continued under Conroy. Yes, Conroy dealt his UFAs as he stated, but it was extremely disturbing to hear him say he was trying to sign guys right up until the moment he traded them. That showed no resolve, no plan, and no desire to have control over your players. That was frustrating but explained so much.

I think you took one specitc quote to try and justify your constant and unrelenting negativity. Should he have said "I couldn't wait to get rid of these players and wish I could have traded them sooner?" That sure endears him to players and staff around the league.

Also, you conveniently chose to ignore other quotes that don't support your "extremely disturbing" narrative.

Here's Tanev on the trade...

“We had brief talks in training camp and then basically a couple weeks ago I sat down with Connie and said, ‘I want to try to win – this could be my best chance to do it. He was super understanding and would only trade me to a team where they had the potential to win, and I appreciate that

Sure sounds like Conroy was trying to sign him up until the last minute /s

Or Conroy on Lindholm...

“The start of the season wasn’t the way we wanted,” Conroy told The Athletic. “It put us in a hole. We had to battle ourselves back. And then obviously, the four (losses). That was disappointing, and that’s maybe a little bit of what led to this. To be honest, this might have sped up my thought process a little bit.”

“I didn’t have a timeline set, I thought it would be closer to the deadline, but about four days ago Vancouver got aggressive, so I circled back with other teams and told them I was getting pushed and needed a decision."

Again, definitely sounds like he was trying to sign him right up until he was traded /s

Noah Hanifin was one player that most fans would've been happy to re-sign at the right price, And it's pretty well reported how the trade process played out with his agent intervening, which also doesn't scream "tried to sign him right until we traded him".

So basically the entire basis for your disgust is you over-reading into a single quote from Conroy because it helped fuel your rampant negativity and negative outlook.

Conroy and the organization have done EXACTLY what anyone clamoring for a rebuild at the start of the year would have wanted. Trade away all UFA's. Promote young players by the bunch. Acquire solid assets. Stockpile draft picks.

And yet here you are still extremely disturbed by this rudderless franchise.

The problem is you.