Thread: [News Roundup] Canada Day: Conroy talks
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Old 07-03-2024, 04:24 PM   #55
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Look who Conroy just signed in free agency. It’s filler and reclamation players. I don’t disagree that the Flames should stay away from the UFA market but GMs aren’t suddenly going to become ultra disciplined in free agency. Zadorov, Tanev, Guentzel, Lindholm, Skeji etc are all long term deals that are going to age poorly.
I can't argue that. Many GM's tend to do a lot of things that are counterproductive. I guess you've got to be good at the "art of taking risks". Edmonton is a prime example of bringing in players that no one else would bring in, those could have just as easily backfired.
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