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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
In most of the deals Conroy has made, the Flames got a decent roster player back - Sharangovich, Kuzmenko, and Bahl are all solid NHLers. Management is not stripping it down to the studs - they want to ice a competitive team every season. The playoffs are probably a long shot next season, but this isn’t a team that’s deliberately aiming for a bottom-of-the-league finish.
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I disagree. IMO Sharangovich and Kuzmenko are here as 1-2 year reclamation projects. I think that Conroy intends to flip them for more draft capita/prospects/younger players at the deadline. That's the primary objective with those two players. It's not about icing a competitive team.
They are stripping down to the studs, but with some intelligence. In a similar vein, I would expect any UFAs they sign are 1-2 year contracts with overpay. So again...they can retain some salary and flip them for draft capital at the trade deadline.