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Originally Posted by Ashes
I fully agree with this, and I think our future success will also largely depend on the Flames learning from their own mistakes and fighting the urge to "accelerate" the process. The biggest lessons I've learned from watching this franchise:
- Don't spend big $$$ on FA's until you're ready to compete (1-3 year deals for now, max. Which to Conroy's credit is what he talked about on garbage bag day.)
- Don't let any UFA's walk - get value for them no matter what. draft capital is the lifeblood of the league.
- Don't trade away draft picks (especially 1st rounders) before you're a team on the cusp of competing, and even then sometimes we should hold on to them and keep the pipeline stocked.
- Prioritize skill and compete over everything else at the draft.
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Kind of amusing that all of the above are things that Brad Treliving did during the last rebuild and nobody really faulted him for it.
Conroy appears to have his head in the game and there is far less concern from my end that he will be tempted to rush it and do something stupid.