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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
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. |
Thats the issue with this partial rebuild, you back yourself into situations like this.
The relationship with Markstrom was nuked, and we got ahead of that one. That should have been a lesson. Hanifin holding us hostgage should have been a lesson.
You have your core 3 of vets, maybe 4 with Huberdeau, Kadri, Weegar and Backlund. You can always fill the roster with vets in free agency as you rebuild.