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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I am still 100% fine with Conroy taking his time on the trades. No rush. Flames are last already, and with all this angst provided by Maloney right now, as well as a bit of a tougher schedule once again, it will be interesting to see how the Flames respond on the ice. There is no point in rushing into a trade. I expect most of this gets wrapped up after the Olympic break.
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Agreed.
This is one of the parts of a rebuild that just sucks. The flames and the fans just have to be patient and wait for the market to materialize. There may be one or two teams at the moment who are expressing interest in Kadri, for example. By the deadline that could be four teams. Further the Flames don’t have to trade Kadri or Coleman this season. Andersson’s another story. The moment you get a package you like and Andersson can’t/wont block it, you pull the trigger. That deal can/should happen as soon as it can at this point.
As frustrating as Maloney’s comments were, I can appreciate the organization not throwing in the towel at this point. Maintaining a competitive culture/environment should be a non-negotiable for the organization. The teams that do bottom out for 1-2 years, opposed to 4-6, do this and I think that is the needle the Flames are trying to thread.
I think they’ve positioned themselves to bottom out this year and, probably, next. Come 2027, I’ll bet they’ll be wanting to start to climb back up the standings.
Just how I see it.