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Originally Posted by Mitch
Frank also makes a good point about Craig not having a contract. I would think it would be a degree more difficult to make a trade (i.e. Andersson/Kadri) when it is clear you do not have the confidence from those that would need to approve said deal.
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It was widely reported that Conroy thought he had a deal with Jersey for Markstrom in February before someone higher up the chain of command put the kibosh on the deal. And when Conroy was hired (and as EE points out, he wasn’t the first choice), ownership brought in Nonis because they wanted more experience in the management team. There can’t be many NHL GMs who have less autonomy than Conroy.