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Originally Posted by TOfan
Boomer has talked about it on his morning show previously. His exact words were ‘there’s always pressure to win’. I don’t think Edwards is all that flexible. He pulled chute on an arena deal over sidewalks and solar panels, which is something the City asks for on every single development permit application for commercial buildings.
I think it’s pretty clear Edwards has a strong hand.
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I think him grifting money from the city is totally different from whether a GM has free hand to do what they want from a hockey perspective. I have seen very little evidence that he is telling Conroy what to do. Conroy offered Lindholm and Hanifin market value and they turned it down, he traded Toffoli for a young player and. A pick and he never really offered Tanev or Zadorov anything. He pretty clearly came in with a plan to sell off multiple older pieces and the ownership said “great, sounds like a great plan”.
if Murray is always forcing the win now option the Flames had lots of options this offseason to do that, they are leaving 20+ million on the table. Conroy, just like Treliving, seem to have freedom to implement their visions to make the Flames Stanley Cup champions. Almost from day one it has been clear Conroy is doing a rebuild, at least in my eyes. Presumably a strong handed owner would have to sign off on that.