Out of a brilliant post, the only bit I would quibble with is this:
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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
The only mistake I see thus far is Okhotiuk, but since the Flames still retain his rights, maybe this will end up being a decent move down the line (though it seems he will never return at this point).
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It's pretty clear what Conroy was doing. He was accumulating a whole bunch of young(ish) defencemen, replenishing the team's depth at a position where they had just traded three of their top 5 (and then saw Kylington walk). He knew not every acquisition was going to be a success, but he threw lots of darts and scored a couple of bullseyes. Okhotiuk was that weird dart that bounces off the wire frame between numbers instead of sticking in the dartboard. I don't call that a mistake, just a low-risk gamble that didn't happen to pan out.