There is also no urgency right now, which is probably why the offer they want isn't on the table. Other teams also know the Flames would probably like to have this sorted before training camp or the season where it will be a thing. They are stringing Conroy along seeing if he blinks first. We went through all this before with Lindholm and when a team stepped up the trigger was pulled. I can see the same thing happening here.
To Jiri's point a late first is pretty huge, especially when you are already sitting on 2 other 1st round picks in this 26 draft. It give you a lot of options. The 26 and 28th pick have a Puckpedia value of around 26 points. 15 is valued at 25 points. Maybe 2026 is the year you can package picks to move into the top 10 or top 5 depending on where the Flames finish.
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