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Originally Posted by Royle9
I can answer some of these 
1. Conroy is open to looking at an extension with Rasmus but there's no "preference" in the matter, the power is in Rasmus's hands and no talks have happened since the summer.
2. He does not prefer to stay in Calgary, he wants to win a cup.
3. Most certainly his focus is on Calgary and winning here right now, but he's been very open and honest with Craig (like Tkachuk was previously) that his intent is winning a cup in the next 3 years. He's been very outspoken against a longer term rebuild.
4.I'm not aware of any firm date, I've been told its not that precise but I do know that Craig is taking calls on Rasmus almost weekly and that talks continue.
5. Craig will do what's right for the Flames long term, he's not going to blow a bunch of trades on a season like this one just for the sake of getting to the first round and losing. His focus remains young centers and building around the guys that WANT to be here long term.
The Flames are not actively shopping anyone right now, but Andersson and Vladar remain the 2 hottest commodities, along with teams looking to dump vets for our picks but Craig's not biting on those. |
Exactly, love this from Craig. He's a great GM so far. He's gonna aim for good culture, but won't keep a mediocre team together and add to it just because hot goaltending has us in a playoff spot. He knows where we're at in this rebuild and will stay long term focused.
We need two more elite players minimum to become a contender. We can't look at this roster and go "oooh playof spot, re-sign all our core players regardless of age and add pieces and focus on playoffs!" Thankfully Craig understands this.