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Originally Posted by Inferno
- Toffoli trade
- Markstrom trade
- The Lindholm trade is mostly rebuild but as much as its' not working out Kuzmenko is still an NHLer. He most likely won't be retained but had things worked out Conroy would probably want to re-sign if his demands were reasonable.
- The Hanifin trade was mostly rebuild but as much I'm not a fan Miromanov but his been with the team all year even if he's not a regular.
Then there's waiver claims like Pachal.
The Zadorov and Tanev trades were full rebuild trades.
So like I said, not full retool but not full rebuild either. He's acquired players who are good enough to play in the NHL now instead of years from now.
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I get what you're saying, but I don't agree with the conclusion. I look at the actions in the aggregate:
Out: Toffoli, Lindstrom, Hanifin, Tanev, Zadorov, Mangiapane, Markstrom
In: Sharangovich, Bahl, Kuzmenko, Miromanov plus picks and prospects
A retool suggests a desire to remain competitive. You can't take that many good players out of the lineup, and replace them with those 4, and think you're going to remain competitive.
Somehow, the Flames have managed to remain competitive(ish), but I don't think that was Conroy's intention, from those trades.