Two things stick out for me:
1) I love the pressure of the media on the organization here, as well as laying the groundwork for the general public to start becoming more receptive of a rebuild
2) How much more 'rebuilding' can Conroy do?
I realize the 2nd point may be confusing, but if you look at Conroy's body of work all he has done is rebuild. He has shipped-out vets for picks. If you compare the number of vets shipped out for picks/futures, and then compare these to when other teams kick-started their rebuilds, you will notice that Calgary has shipped out more vets than most in a shorter amount of time.
Andersson is, of course, the next name on that list. However, it is no secret that he is on the market.
If Kadri gets traded as well as Andersson (and I think he should this season), then that's starting to trend to the egregious Buffalo tank job for McDavid (
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/...000332015.html for reference). That's where I just don't understand where people don't see the Flames in a rebuild NOW (and for the last 2 seasons, kick-started with the before the deadline as the majority of vets got traded out).
I am glad this article is coming out. Eventually Conroy will come out this season and announce that that the Flames are in a rebuild. I still argue that there hasn't been a good time to announce it - he probably didn't want to announce it 2 seasons ago as Calgary would have announced a rebuild based on the fact that nobody wanted to play here - that's a terrible feeling and terrible headlines. Then he couldn't do it last season since the Flames missed the playoffs on the last day on a damn tiebreaker. I am positive he will announce it at some point this season.
I hope more media talks about this, however. It will ease the situation a little bit, and get Calgary's fan base in the state of mind to welcome it.