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Originally Posted by Bingo
Impatient hockey fans that want trades at any cost isn't proof of knowing how this would have played out or a higher intellect than the current GM that has all the info.
I think we could look at the 1995 draft day thread and see the same thing.
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That's such a straw man, but we all have to toe the company line that the Flames are making the right decisions I guess.
Other situations aren't even relevant, but there were a bunch of people that were assessing this specific scenario and it looks like we were right.
Let's look back to last season.
-After last season there were rumours that some Flames were unhappy with the direction of the team after the Tkachuk, Toffoli, Hanifin, and Lindholm trades. One of the rumoured players was Andersson.
-Andersson had a bit of a harsh reaction at the 2024 Garbage Bag day and wouldn't commit past his two remaining years
https://thewincolumn.ca/2024/04/20/e...-cleanout-day/
- Flames traded Markstrom and rumours were Andersson was frustrated with that move as well.
Those were the discussions.
Then you add the fact that he's 30 at his next contract start, Flames were deep on RH prospects with Weegar locked up long term, and the team was retooling anyways and weren't looking to contend.
Honestly Conroy and the management team having even more information and still failing to make the proper decision just makes them look even worse, because it was obvious from the outside to move this player last year.