Part 1 Link here
Digesting it.
I have no faith in Maloney led organization - and I think he’s earned that lack of faith throughout his career.
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DM: Again, in a fantasy world, it's very enticing. You have to deal with the real world, too. First of all, we're very early in this season. Let's see how it plays out the rest of the year for those teams. No disrespect, those teams are really good, but on that side, look at some of the other teams that have been in this. I don't want to say the teams, but they've been down and missed playoffs for years and years and years. And then you lose your fans, you lose your interest and nobody wants that.
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It feels like this organization is bafflingly unaware of its own failures, and stunning lack of success.
He talks about years and years, so he’s opening the door for “years and years” of review, and when you look at “years and years” the Flames have been pretty much the least successful organization in the league dating back “years and years”.
This organization, from their own words, just seems completely clueless.
I’m also now really beginning to question why Maloney is out there talking like this. Where is Conroy? Locked in the basement next to Dr. Dre?
The Flames are acting every bit as embarrassing as the Oilers did back their Lowe days. Instead of outright saying their or two tiers of fans, they’re just saying “fans just don’t understand”.
Part 2 Link here
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“I think we need more Kadris, not less,” said Maloney of the 35-year-old centre he deems crucial to the culture and leadership of his team.
“We need more of that winning.”
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Sportsnet: How would you assess the job Craig Conroy has done?
Don Maloney: I think Craig has been excellent at creating an environment, a culture here of being proud to play in Calgary. I think his biggest strength is his relationship with the players, which is excellent. He cares, and they know he cares. I think the first year was very difficult with the number of good players we had at the end of their contracts. A couple of those guys would probably help us right about now, but we got through that. I think Year 2 was very strong. But again, you want to keep the pressure on each other and why we say we want to be a playoff team. We don't want to go into the season saying, ‘We want to draft in the top five.’ I don't want to, in any way, shape or form, be associated with that, because then, why are we doing this? Just to fantasize we're going to get a star player?
SN: Conroy is in the final year of his contract. Why hasn't he been extended?
DM: We keep that internal. We're not discussing that. We have a certain process we go through here.
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