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Originally Posted by activeStick
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.
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I agree. It is the nature of the NHL that trades will happen closer to the deadline, it is just that way it is. Unless you are a player like Hughes and to a smaller extent Andersson, teams will aways take these trades to the deadline. patience is just part of being a seller. Otherwise you end up immortalized in a Bob Mackenzie tweet.