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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
I don't necessarily think that's the course that Conroy thinks they're on though.
Every move last year was forced on him because the veteran didn't want to resign with Calgary.
His message has been pretty clear that they aren't technically rebuilding and they want to remain competitive on the fly. While I thought it was just PR for the signed vets and for more finnicky fans, I'm not sure anymore... and this start, if it continues, will just reinforce a win now mentality.
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The only player he made a serious run at seems to be Hanifin.
He said he knew in September they would be trading Lindholm, and by the sounds of it didn't make much of an attempt to sign him after that.
They made zero attempt to sign Toffoli and Zadorov with both getting upset and asking for trades right away.
He tried to keep Tanev, but it seems like it was a 2-year deal.
Every trade he made was a futures based deal, zero hockey trades. Traded the starting goalie for a draft pick and 3rd pairing dman. Traded Mangiapane for a 2nd round pick.
Doesn't seem like someone in a win now mode to me. Was flush with cap space, could have gone nuts in free agency like previous GM's have.