Conroy has a plan. Not all of us fans are going to agree with his plan but he has a plan and he is sticking to it.
I feel confident in the future of the Flames with Conroy as the GM. He is showing that he won't be pushed over by other GMs, he seems to have well thought out reasons for what he wants to do and when he wants to do it. He seems to have communicated that well within the organization and there doesn't seem to be anyone not willing to be patient.
He won't nail every move 100% but if he stays consistent and doesn't make moves just to make it look like he's making moves then I think we can have a solid team for many years and hopefully one that is more consistent than the up and down team that Treliving built.
Conroy is working towards building a solid base of young players. I think the hope is to snag a couple foundational cornerstone type players in the next two drafts and surround them with all the other youth they draft and acquire.
Treliving came into a team already in a rebuild and he wound up jumpstarting that rebuild to try and contend earlier than we all thought would happen. It felt like Tre was always chasing the leaks. We had depth in one area but holes in another so he tried to fill the holes by using the depth. Okay, holes filled, oh wait, where did that depth go? ... more holes to fill.
I feel that Conroy has come in and laid out his plan and told upper management and ownership to trust him and let him follow the plan through. As long as they let him do so I think Conroy will build us something we can be proud to be fans of.
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