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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I would say in the world of what have you done for me lately, I need to give Conroy and the Flames a lot of credit for moving the rebuild significantly in the right direction in the past month. It basically removed some of the nerves that were made tense due to some of the media hits from Maloney. After a 2-9-2 October they battled back to .500 when the New Year rolled in and in a season where that was still in the mix for a playoff spot.
Since:
- 4-9-2 in the new year bottom 5
- Andersson traded for good value
- Gridin, Brzustewicz, Parekh all on the roster
- Kadri and Coleman trades seem likely
- talks of Weegar and other vets being available for trade.
This looks to be a true blow it up season as the rebuild has potential to shift to a 8-9 for me.
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Which is kind of interesting how things work. You give the Flames credit for moving things in the right direction significantly in the right direction when it could be argued that a lot of what's happened was always the plan and likely outcome. Putting the record aside for now, Conroy's always been waiting for the right value for Ras, Kadri and Coleman trades were always likely (more so Coleman), Brz and Gridin on the roster were due to injuries while Parekh was always penciled in. The poor record is a direct result of the Flames losing their best player and biggest voice.
I guess what I'm trying to suggest here is nothing ever changed on the Flames side, whether we're talking about Conroy or other people in management. The plan has always been the plan, and needs time to be executed if Conroy wanted to extract the most value.