Said in another thread. This is the Flames worst season, this early, in 23 years and it is hard to be admitting playoffs are out of the question before US Thanksgiving. So, this is a pretty unique situation to have to navigate. And, given the social media pressures, people demand messages to placate their instant need to know.
Maloney’s being the messenger this to protect Conroy.
I also do think that a guy like Maloney is done soon. He’s served his purpose under Conroy to guide him with the ropes (for better or worse) and I think the Flames want some more horsepower in hockey ops, and to gain some more contacts and respect league wise, like Burke was a decade ago. Especially with the new building coming and the spotlight will be on the Flames as an organization.
The Shanahan talk from a couple weeks ago makes me think the ownership is looking at installing a higher profile hockey ops guy.
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