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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I disagree with this post. Conroy certainly could have done a lot more to make this team competitive other than trading their number 1 goalie and one of the MVP’s of last season for a young player and pick or moving out one of their more proven goal scorers for a pick. Signing Mantha, Bean, and Barrie without even approaching the big fish UFA’s. SJ and Chi did more to bolster their rosters this past summer than Calgary did. I would argue no other team in the bottom 10 last year did less to improve this summer than Calgary.
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I do wonder how long the Flames will be patient though. I could see them viewing last year as a sell off, this year they were quite idle. In a year or two is ownership saying hey it's time to start ramping things up? Until they have a solid core I think they need to be patient but I'm skeptical ownership will be okay with that approach long term. Especially if the team isn't drafting high. I really struggle to see where the franchise players are going to come from if they aren't finishing bottom 5 for a few seasons.