If Edwards is as hands-on as some are suggesting or believe, I wonder what the attraction would be to work for the Flames then? I’d be surprised if Iggy or Conny need the money. Surely they would have other opportunities around the league.
Impossible for us to know the full extent of it and chances are we never will. I think there is some credence that based on previous happenings that the club doesn’t want to accept a full blown down to the studs ‘rebuild’. Nor do they want a half measure of sorts, but the situation being what it is or was, it’s being dictated to them. For those saying the Flames aren’t in a rebuild, look at their blue-line. Arguably, they have two top 4 D. What is Mirimanov? What is Kylington after his time off? Who are all these other guys? What’s the plan in net?
Without publicly declaring they are rebuilding, it sure seems like they are leaning that way. Unless they’re in discussions to trade 9OA for Necas, I don’t think they have any delusions of being serious contenders this year. Might they want to trade one of their two top 4 D for Necas (Andersson or Weegar) perhaps but Im skeptical that gets it done and that would further deplete a very lean blue-line that is already painfully shy of being playoff calibre, let alone contender status. Mix ina Markstrom trade……good night.
Also considering that both Conroy and Iginla are purportedly very well versed in the young players that are coming up for the draft now, I don’t see them easily parting without the draft capital they have accumulated.
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