Wolf is here. He's too good to let the Flames fall into a lottery pick position. The Flames have gotten lucky. They have Wolf, a Calder candidate, and Parekh, a top 5 prospect in the league. Most teams would have to take about 4 years to get two prospects of that quality.
This is for the best. Tanking and rebuilding, unless you draft a McDavid level prospect, isn't all that effective in the NHL anymore. You're far more likely to end up as Buffalo than prime-Crosby years Pittsburgh.
Conroy does have a plan. People are just upset that the plan is not to totally burn it down. Not really possible with Wolf and Parekh here now.
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