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Originally Posted by bluejays
To me it's also apparent that Conroy is still learning. You know he'll have to be more cutthroat down the road should a similar situation arise. I think he's shown how astute he is and whatever lesson learned here is probably not lost on him. After initially being pissed that it slipped away, I'm fine with most of whatever happens now. After Andersson I just hope more veteran dominoes fall.
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Oh 100%. He is nice and thought he had open dialogue and an understanding of mutual agreeance with Andersson to work towards a deal to another team. And when the last year opened up on his contract, Andersson and his agent went cut throat and cut the Flames at the knees to get everything that Rasmus wants.
Easy lesson that needed to happen. Just don't do that again when a valuable asset that doesn't make sense to re-sign is a couple years out. Start shopping. Shop hard and take the best you can get in that 1-2 year range left. We're rebuilding/retooling and he made no sense to extend. Don't reward the team by holding on to that asset because they're fighting for a playoff spot but are in no way contending, that's emotional and silly. Get your assets and move on, let the team grow with players that make sense for the build.
Two years out: A playoff run plus one more season with a playoff run AND a lot of time to speak to Andersson as an organization for a playoff contender, while paying $2.4mil with 50% retained would have been a gold mine. But we spoke of culture, reward, and respect between player/agent/organization and ultimately player and agent laughed after their platitudes and cut us out so they can control salary and destination. I like Conroy, though. He'll learn big from this.