[RobotTalk]

After last week, I can't say I have a lot of faith in Maloney or the Flames management generally, but to play devil's advocate, I wonder if they're keeping Maloney around as PoHo because his responsibilities include overseeing the other CSEC teams - the Wranglers and Hitmen - in addition to the Flames. There's lots of administrative work required in managing multiple professional teams and a CHL team that have nothing to do with roster decisions and maybe Maloney is good at that?

The CSEC website doesn't show an Org Chat, but the Wranglers Front Office page shows lots of overlap with the Flames front office, so I'm guessing that Maloney plays a big role in both. Someone also has to manage the Flames relationship with the Rapid City Rush.

Then again, maybe Edwards just likes Maloney and trusts him to toe the company line?