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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
The OP doesn’t make much of a case about or for anything
Conroy has been effective. That’s a good thing
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Sometimes I feel that some people want the Flames to be terrible and always trade everyone over the age of 23 and if The Flames aren't doing that then they're wrong and stupid.
I think Conroy is doing a great job. He isn't going to win every single trade, he isn't going to sign scrub players for league minimum who turn out to be superstars. He has come into the GM role of a franchise who has chased its own tale for decades.
Yes, scorched earth rebuild will start everything fresh. Is it the correct answer? Just because it has worked for teams like Pittsburgh and Chicago doesn't mean it is the answer for every single team.
I see the Flames doing a rebuild without burning down the house. They're doing a rebuild and trying to look at it in a different perspective and tackle it from a different angle. They're also not calling it by tired old name of rebuild. Just because they won't call it a rebuild doesn't mean they're not doing a rebuild. There is also more than one way to do a rebuild.
I'm not against the direction the team has taken under Conroy as GM. I am concerned that they have missed out on a chance to draft a franchise #1 center because they got the franchise goaltender who lifted them out contention of drafting 1st overall 5 out of 7 years.