[Nelson]

The Barn Burner argument was interesting today. Some good points came out of the argument. Boomer, Pinder, Rhett and Frank talked about the Flames not being able to bottom out because of Wolf. They said this does not change the timeline of the build. (In other words, Conroy is going to be patient and isn’t going to be active in trying to make this team competitive now. Frank says Conroy should be basically inactive at the deadline.) However, the Flames likely need to augment returns from the draft by doing well in areas other than the draft (trades for long-term, younger players; using cap space to get more futures, etc.), to build successfully, as a result of not being able to draft where impact players are more likely to be drafted.

Also, just after 1:09:00 run time, Frank said the Flames probably couldn’t get Mavrik “Mavrik Bourque and some other assets” for Andersson.

Finally, Frank talked about the Flames and Buffalo not being logical trade partners in the context of a discussion about Dylan Cozens.