I don't believe Edwards is any more meddling on a day to day basis as any other owner but there's clearly evidence that he doesn't like to give full autonomy to his GM's as Treliving had to fight for it on his second contract and it certainly appears Conroy doesn't have it with information that ownership nixed the Markstrom trade. When it comes to trading a legacy player or bringing in a player with a large salary, I can totally see why an owner may want input but when it comes to a move like trading Markstrom it's really not ideal that the owner would get involved. Clearly it was a deal the GM wanted to make because he thought it would strengthen the organization and the player was asked to move his NMC. If he doesn't trust Conroy enough to make his own trades I would question why he hired him in the first place but this is the way Edwards operates as he doesn't trust those below him when it comes to running the Flames unless it's Darryl Sutter.
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