Watch this all be 4D Chess. They plant Maloney out there with all this rubbish, only to then have Conroy speak next after the first trade and Conroy then says “we heard the reactions from our fans, and the mission was clear - we need young, high-end players because that’s what the league is built on”.
Flames management successfully positions the rebuild as “giving the fans what they want” when really, they just wanted to slow-play the rebuild and ensure the organization didn’t take heat for doing it.
…nah.
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