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Originally Posted by kehatch
- Conroy has made one trade in the past 15 months
- We are about to enter the season with one of the NHLs lowest payrolls
- The majority of our top players are 30+
- We lack star talent across both the active roster and system
- The Vegas odds of us making the playoffs or drafting McKenna are both very low
- The most likely outcome of this season is we draft in the 12 to 14 range
Conroy has not picked a lane. He is driving on the line waiting for something to force him to swerve. Its not a smart way to drive a Volkswagen or run a hockey team.
For those that think the lack of action is due to a lack of options, let me ask you this. If the Flames had finished bottom 5 last season do you think this summer would have went the same way? What if we made it to the conference finals? |
Bottom five? Summer would have been the same. You have to ice an NHL roster. NMCs preventing moving guys you would like to move on from. No real takers for what you were selling (lots of buy low opportunities for other teams).
Conference finals? CC would have signed Ras and been a buyer, and would have used all the cap space and maybe some assets to get immediate scoring help, because we would have done that run on Wolf and D.