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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
This is not how I would say it but there is some truth to the notion that the organization only trades players that want out. There have been very very few exceptions to this since Darryl Sutter was GM.
If you buy into the notion that Conroy had a deal for Markstrom and it was nixed by ownership then that gives you an idea from where that philosophy comes.
I don't agree with rudderless exactly. If they make good use of their picks, and hit on the prospects they acquired, then the direction looks good.
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Toffoli and Zadorov were exceptions this year. They only “wanted out” when it was clear the Flames would not be re-signing them.
And you can argue that Lindholm, Hanifin, and Tanev are all exceptions as well. People take “we tried to sign them” as evidence that they wanted out, but it’s pretty easy to argue that Conroy set what he thought was a fair contract and was happy to trade them if they wanted more than that.
They’re all situations where you can say they all wanted out, but when you look at why they wanted out, it’s pretty clear that trading them was on the table for the Flames before it got to that point. And Markstrom is a pretty good example of a player that never asked to leave and they still explored trading.