Oilers/flames dynamic aside.
I think the flames have a goalie and when healthy good enough defense to win games. With the current roster they aren’t going to be weak enough to draft in the top 5.
I don’t see them gutting the roster and going the tank route. By the time that potentially pays off you are 5 years down the road. Wolf might be gone.
Conroy is committing to the 22-24 years old demographic and hasn’t been deviating. Pretty sure his plan is to keep following that path for another season or two and at some point use cap space to sign a higher end free agent or two.
It doesn’t look to me like they are gutting the team. Not after giving wolf #1 minutes and bringing in guys like Frost, farabee, bahl, pachal ect.
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