You've got to love Conroy's asset management here. The whole point of stockpiling picks and prospects is to create depth and be able to flip them for areas of need. I really liked Pelletier but this was probably his highest value in the last 2-3 years so taking advantage of that is fantastic!
The Flames have a pretty good group of young forwards on the team (Coronato, Zary, Frost, Farabee, Pospisil, Klapka) and quite a few prospects waiting in the wings that are 1-4 years away. Add some draft picks to that in the next few years and they can create a great development pipeline for inserting into the lineup or trading for areas of need.
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