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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I really wonder what some fans' expectations of this team was when looking at the roster. Looked like bottom 5 team to me. Bad defense, no offense up front, 2 big question marks in net. Then they proceed to work hard, never give up, play entertaining games for the most part all season long, find out they now have their #1 goalie, and had a chance of sneaking into the playoffs right up until the end of the season. What are people upset about? It's so weird.
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That's my point.
This roster was a bottom 5 roster coming into the season. My only hope as a Flames fan is that Conroy isn't blinded by this insanely lucky season (by many measures) and tries to add in the offseason/continues to try and retool versus what he should really do, which is continue the solid rebuild with the amazing amateur scouting staff he is rather than trying to sign guys like Rasmus to ridiculous, very likely bad-long-term-contracts (i.e. Lindholm, Zadorov, Hanifin, arguably Sharangovich, etc.).
He's seen the results of his trades and trusting him amateur staff vs his results of trying to re-sign pros.
The amateur staff is clearly the leading part of the organization, and that's the way it should continue imo