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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Nope this is a rebuild, this is biggest selloff of players I have seen from Flames management, and more to come.
He also stuck to his plan signing 1–2-year deals and didn't really go free agent shopping.
I think this time it's different, Conroy has been around a long time to see the missteps previous regimes have made, and he seems to be doing things the right way.
He has commented on how Sutter gave Dion away for scraps. Treliving working solo. Not picking enough. A lot of that is changing.
I can't see him saying yup its time and goes out and spends cap space on aging free agents, and trading away picks.
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Sure, I fully expect them to keep their picks and not sign any more aging UFAs. Keep targeting 22-25 year olds as they have been. You can do all that while trying to win. Hell I think for smaller markets that should be the norm.
I have no doubt Conroy wants to resign Andersson rather than trade him away. If he gets some center prospects, the days of being bottom feeders could be over right there in their minds. We're almost at the point that we'll start losing as much talent as we draft if we continue to not be competitive.