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Originally Posted by Bingo
I think you only see no strategy or "good enough" if you feel there is only one decision on every single asset, which all have to lead to the burn it to the ground scenario.
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That isn't necessarily wrong, but as a franchise, when you have failed to hit enough home runs over the years, just playing for singles will never add up. It would suck to end up with a version of Miromanov + late 2026 first at the deadline as a return when you have a draft coming up that you can capitalize on now for an asset that is extremely valuable to a capped out team for an entire season.
I'm happy Conroy is showing more conviction than his predecessor when it comes to cutting bait with players that aren't interested in being here for the right reasons long term, but I would much prefer him to take a huge cut here and hope for something big to work out.
On a contender he's a top 4 that has a lot of intangibles. Make it known you are moving him before the draft and see what materializes. At this point he's not going to substantially increase his value by playing another year here anyway. It would be different if the Flames were peaking or if he was 25 years old....