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Calgary4LIfe · 04-17-2025, 03:42 PM

There are too many players on the team for next season in the forward ranks. I am sure it will be thinned out somehow. The Flames will have to make room to keep Klapka, Zary and Coronato on the roster full-time. Honzek almost made it last season. Many other prospects are likely to push (Gridin, Kerins, Stromgren.. Basha maybe, though his GP due to injury will most likely be a factor, but he certainly made an impression at training camp).

There is nobody that I can really point at and say: "This person needs to go". Even Rooney ended up getting his game back together and finishing strong - he outstanding on the PK, and the 4th line did some good work down the stretch. On defence, I think it is easier to point a finger there, but I find it difficult to do for forwards. Yet, changes will be made. Difficult decisions will have to be made there, and that's definitely a good thing.

There are probably some obvious moves to make on defence, but even then it isn't so easy. Aside from the bodies you think should move, you have Solovyov, Kuznetsov and Poirier all waiver-eligible next year. Solovyov passed through waivers to start this season - does he pass them again given how his season went? I am not so sure. Parekh is on the team, period, to start next season. Brzustevicz might make a push there too. That's a lot of youth all at once, and that's very hard to do.

Also, I am not even sure what direction that Conroy takes this team. Knock this team down a bit and draft higher? Make tweaks and give this group another turn? Or make big moves trying to really improve this team for next season? I assume we will know based on his first trade/signing. We should be fairly certain by the draft anyway - the trade-outs (if any) will happen by then, and the draft currency will either be used in picking players or spent on established (or almost established players with upside).

Does he stick to whatever plan he laid out or the next few years, or does this season's performance push his plans further ahead? I am excited just to find out which way Conroy goes.

04-17-2025, 03:42 PM	#349
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	There are too many players on the team for next season in the forward ranks. I am sure it will be thinned out somehow. The Flames will have to make room to keep Klapka, Zary and Coronato on the roster full-time. Honzek almost made it last season. Many other prospects are likely to push (Gridin, Kerins, Stromgren.. Basha maybe, though his GP due to injury will most likely be a factor, but he certainly made an impression at training camp). There is nobody that I can really point at and say: "This person needs to go". Even Rooney ended up getting his game back together and finishing strong - he outstanding on the PK, and the 4th line did some good work down the stretch. On defence, I think it is easier to point a finger there, but I find it difficult to do for forwards. Yet, changes will be made. Difficult decisions will have to be made there, and that's definitely a good thing. There are probably some obvious moves to make on defence, but even then it isn't so easy. Aside from the bodies you think should move, you have Solovyov, Kuznetsov and Poirier all waiver-eligible next year. Solovyov passed through waivers to start this season - does he pass them again given how his season went? I am not so sure. Parekh is on the team, period, to start next season. Brzustevicz might make a push there too. That's a lot of youth all at once, and that's very hard to do. Also, I am not even sure what direction that Conroy takes this team. Knock this team down a bit and draft higher? Make tweaks and give this group another turn? Or make big moves trying to really improve this team for next season? I assume we will know based on his first trade/signing. We should be fairly certain by the draft anyway - the trade-outs (if any) will happen by then, and the draft currency will either be used in picking players or spent on established (or almost established players with upside). Does he stick to whatever plan he laid out or the next few years, or does this season's performance push his plans further ahead? I am excited just to find out which way Conroy goes.