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Originally Posted by traptor
"Conroy has stressed he wants the Flames to be competitive. More than anything, Markstrom wants a chance to be competitive. Is there a way to do that in Calgary on this contract?"
"Conroy said he intends to lay out the plan for Markstrom, including his intentions for free agency. It sounds like if Markstrom prefers to move on, the Flames will oblige, as Conroy said he wants players who want to be in Calgary.
“We need to sit down and talk,” Conroy said. “I need to see where Marky’s head is at – if I can add something [in free agency], see what he is thinking. We just need to sit down and have a conversation after the season. Right now I just want him to play and focus, he’s been banged up a little bit, and hopefully he is back soon.”"
Steinberg also reiterated this on flames talk yesterday.
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To me it's all lip service. He has to downplay the Markstrom trade talks and that there are any bad feelings. Just like he had to downplay the talk of the pending UFAs all wanting out.
The more telling quotes are we want to get younger, and we don't want to sign anybody long term.
You're not making this team into a competitor by signing fringe UFAs for 2-3 years.