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Originally Posted by Vinny01
There absolutely has been reporting on the Hague and Miller stuff Dreger said more than once on barnburner if the Canes did not threaten the offer sheet the Flames were likely getting Miller. Rangers probably preferred to not trade in-division but had little choice once the offer sheet threat occurred.
I believe it was Friedman who reported that Hague not being willing to sign in Calgary was the reason the Andersson trade fell through.
I do think there has been attempts to improve this team through targeted players but when they fell through Conroy did not force anything.
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Well I guess if an insider said it it must have happened. It is strange that Conroy, a guy with 3 firsts, 2 seconds and 3 thirds over the next two years and more prospects than you can shake a stick at could not close the deal for Miller if he was actually truly interested in him and wanted to improve the team. Especially if the Rangers did not want to trade in the division.
The scenario you have for Miller is that Conroy was deep into trying to get him and seriously wanted Miller, the Canes threatened an offer sheet, the Rags did not want to trade him in the division but also did not want to lose him to an offer sheet, Conroy seriously wanting him could not make an offer that enticed the Rags to trade him outside the division and then the Rags traded him inside their division despite not wanting to.
I personally choose to believe what Conroy has actually done in real life (the biggest tear down rebuild in salary cap memory) rather than what has been reported as to what he tries to do but fails at. Largely because the reports make no logical sense when you play them out.