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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
They traded Lindholm, Tanev, Hanifin, Zadorov, Toffoli… a handful of their very best players from the season before. They’re going to trade Markstrom and, possibly, multiple other players. They focused on acquiring young players and draft picks. They were one of the worst teams post-deadline.
What direction would people like them to go that the actual actions (not rumours, not hearsay, not “well we would have liked to do this other thing but we didn’t”) don’t indicate?
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People want the team to have a crack at the elite draft picks and the next generation of superstar players. Conroy himself said in an interview last season they know they won't land the elite top draft picks because they won't tear it down all the way. Not sure how you can blame the fans for being nervous about their direction given constant talk about retools, not rebuilds.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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