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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You’re ignoring that he also sent a 2nd round pick to Philly in that trade.
That 2nd round pick is probably the best asset in that trade.
If I were to look at Conroy’s two years as GM, I’d break them down like this:
Year 1 Grade: B
Year 1 Summary: He inherited an absolute mess, and spent the entire year being reactive. He made a number of trades, no stellar returns, but at the end of the day he didn’t sell any stellar players, so it’s fair. Offering Lindholm 8 years at $8.5M and trying to extend Hanifin for as long as he did is worrisome, and had Lindholm accepted that offer this would be a gigantic “F”. The Markstrom trade was his best move.
Year 2 Grade: F
Year 2 Summary: Craig’s silence in free agency was the only good thing he did. After that, he sat on cap space he never utilized, he spent a significant future asset (2nd round pick) in a “now” trade with Philly where the players he acquired came in and underperformed significantly/were not impactful at all. He sat on his hands at the trade deadline, and did not even entertain an offer for Kadri. The team finished 9th in the west, surrendered their own 1st round pick (16th overall) while keeping Florida’s (32nd) because he believes culture is more important than skill, and that being loyal to a roster that is largely comprised of players that won’t be here when (if) this team becomes a contender. Conroy was reactive in Year 1, and should have been proactive in Year 2 but wasn’t.
Year 3 is going to be interesting. The team has zero top-end forwards in the pipeline, and he needs to address that above everything else. Hopefully we see a year or proactive work, with all eyes on the 2026 and 2027 draft.
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I am higher on Frost than you are but otherwise this is pretty spot on.
Not moving Andersson was a huge fail, not eating salary for a couple 4th or 5th round picks was also a wasted opportunity.