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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The Flames have not used that strategy under Conroy though. So there is not really anything to worry about in that regard. He has a pretty simple strategy, trade pending UFAs for futures, keep veterans who are not pending UFAs so the young players have someone to learn from and the Flames don’t end up with years and years of crap like almost every rebuild and when it makes sense make targeted trades for young NHL players that fit the age category he is trying to build around.
Conroy has not made a single trade of the type that you are worried about.
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Sure he did. He tried very hard to keep Lindholm and Hanafin. He only traded those guys when he was out of options. This is the first time we have had a sniff of success and he is in buy mode. I appreciate that he is targeting younger guys. But these types of moves are more likely to keep us mediocre then take us a big step forward.