Yeah part 2 highlights that continue to sting:
- Stonewalling on Conroy
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We keep that internal. We're not discussing that. We have a certain process we go through here.
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- Continued reluctance to see the necessity of star players writing it off as fantasy, when the process itself is pretty much well known and accepted by the rest of the league
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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?
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- Even more push back from DM on discussing Conroy
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Again, we're not going to talk contract. I'm not going to comment on his status, but Craig has done a good job here for us. And as we go through every day, everything's an evaluation, as we all know. I think he's done a good job making this Flames organization an attractive place. When people get out here, they say, ‘Wow, this is a good place to play.’ And when the new building comes, that's going to be a help for us to not only attract, but keep, our players. So, we'll see how this plays out.
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- Not closing the door on Andersson, with preference be to extend
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The idea was, ‘Let's get into the season, let's see how things go. We'll revisit this at some point.’ And that's where we sit. We have not closed the door at all. I don't think he has, but there is a time element here that at some point that decision will have to be made. We'd love, personally, to find a way to get him signed here long term, but we'll see whether that can happen.
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- We're not rebuilding, and believe they can fight for a playoff spot and be a competitive team
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I think a retooling is more accurate, but that was started two years ago when we traded all those really good NHL players. There's a new mindset going forward. You think of the last few years when Tre (Brad Treliving) and Darryl (Sutter) were here, we were going for it. We gave up picks and we acquired players, and unfortunately we didn't have the playoff success that you would like. We're in a different phase now, but we still think we can be a competitive team. We can fight for playoff spots as we grow the franchise.
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