He's in the middle lane. Conroy did state very early on after he was hired that with the "retool" path it was very unlikely they would get the draft picks required to land elite talent. So he knows the path he's on, hopefully he has some creative ways to address the lack of truly top end talent, or someone unforeseen turns out to be that. If Parekh ends up being a star and Wolf continues to do what he's doing, they might actually have something positive moving forward.
I think he's doing a pretty good job given the circumstances he inherited, and the team hasn't given him the opportunity to just blow it all up. There is a chance they are just prolonging the inevitable and have to take their medicine at some point -- but who knows. Roster turnover is so frequent in today's NHL, its hard to predict what the mix is going to give you year after year. I'm not sure if this team will battle for a playoff spot or a top 5 pick this season.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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