Given that the Flames have had to be dragged kicking and screaming into a rebuild, I can't help but smile at the work Conroy has done over the last year. Picked up three additional 1sts, several additional picks, some decent prospects and young players, struck gold with Sharangovich and so on and so forth.
Has every trade been a home-run? Probably not. Have some trades felt a bit underwhelming at first? Maybe, yeah. But the general direction is the right one and I feel Conroy has set us up well for what's coming. Will probably be a lottery team for the next couple of seasons, but that's what is needed. This franchise has never picked in the top 3 ... if there's one franchise that doesn't have to feel bad for bottoming out for once, it's the Flames.
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