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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Well, this was not surprising at all. Hear a whole bunch of malarky about massive packages available in trade and then have the Flames bolster a divisional rival with a third-rate deal that really does nothing for the team and pushes the rebiggle out even further. Does this team have a plan to speak of?

I mean, what an absolute brutal return! McCrimmon has to have pictures of Conroy with farm animals in compromising positions. That's the only way explanation for managing to bend Calgary over for two top four defensemen and giving up very little (late future first rounders). A first and a conditional second a full year out is joke, but it tracks with the Hanifin trade. Conroy managed to get painted into a corner where Vegas was able to turn a future 1st, two years out, into a top pair defenseman. Oh, and the conditions on that future first were leveraged to get a top six center out of San Jose in Hertl, which hurt the future pick. Zero thinking about impact on the investment you just made.

But hey, we got a collection of crap (Miromanov and Whitecloud) to go along with the bag of futures that Vegas doesn't have to worry about impacting them until they have had a year or two of playoff appearances on the back of the Calgary Flames. Conroy buried the wedge on the Hanifin deal and then returns to the scene of the crime to bury a second wedge on a deal for Andersson? I appreciate the idea of getting first rounders, but get first rounders in the next draft where you have certainty. Picks two years out is just poor form, unless you know that team is going to fall apart. But that is not the case with these deals. We are fortifying the team we want to see fail.

It is so dumb letting Vegas play with Calgary's house money, just flat out dumb. Conroy is taking draft picks and then helping the opposition team get better, to work against the Flames's interests in getting the highest pick possible! You are gambling on the future pick being better than the immediate pick you know you're going to get, but then fortify that team to make that team stronger and the pick weaker? I like Conroy, but Jesus he needs to learn to do his job better. Stop working against your own interests!

This is a great post!