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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Flames President John Bean: “I’m not ever allowed to use the word ‘rebuild’" That in itself is all you really need to know about why the organization has been run the way it has for the past two decades.
There's different types of meddling. I don't think Edwards is the type of meddler that's highly involved in the drafting process or free agency. He's the dollars and cents bottom line type of meddler. How often do the Flames ever eat salary on a trade compared to other teams when trading players for picks prospects? We all know about the days where Treliving couldn't complete deadline trades because he had to get them authorized by King. He's a rich guy that's tight with his money and they don't typically make for championship winning owners. I would think most Flames fans can realize he's only begrudgingly letting a rebuild happen because; a) the team is no longer good enough because players like Lindholm, Tkachuk, Hannifin, and soon Andersson were/are leaving regardless of the Flames attempting to retain them & b) he's got that shiny new arena on the horizon so he's willing to accept some short term pain for the first time since he's become owner. You can bet once the arena opens this won't likely be something that happens again.
Lets not forget the recent Conroy contract extension fiasco that was somehow hidden from the public because the guy was worried about perception? Like what owner does that?
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To me that's controlling messaging, but not necessarily controlling hockey operations.
And was the King thing a King rule or an Edwards rule? We haven't heard it since so maybe King?
Look I'm not defending the guy ... I just haven't seen anything concrete like ever to suggest he's worse than owners in other cities.