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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
Man some of you are bitter. Is it the smoke? So far Conroy has prioritized drafting often and has traded off a number of players. He has sent out a second round pick for two proven NHLers who still have a chance to pop here getting to start the year here. For all the talk about having to be patient in a rebuild there sure are a lot of impatient posters complaining about Conroy not trading all the vets fast enough.
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Conroy has done an excellent job and I'm not criticizing him like others. But this off season is similar to the 2015 off season. Conroy needs to keep it going, but insiders are saying he is not moving anyone other than Rasmus. If that is all we do, I'm fine with it as it could send us far enough down the standings to get a top pick. If we add a young piece for assets, I think it is ok too as IMO players are assets too. But to say there is no risk keeping the vets around for another year and finishing just in or out of the playoffs is just off IMO.
We need to get younger and add more future value this off season, does not need to be full tank but there is a log jam of players that need more ice. Klapka signing adds to it. Keeping Kadri and Coleman is going to hurt players like Zary, Frost, Sharangovich, Farabee, Pospisil. 1 or 2 of these guys just won't get the chance, unless we have major injuries. I'm ok to trade a Zary for futures or a young dman and I'm willing to wait and see how it goes but this off season is very important, and it just makes way more sense to say goodbye to a vet than Zary, especially when the return probably is the same.
there are a couple posters that are giving Conroy an F for his moves or wanting to trade everyone and full tank. I think most posters on team rebuild are somewhere in the middle, need a top pick and need to move players out but it doesn't have to be all right now.