strong 9 for me. I love that they proactively traded two guys in their 30s with term before age really hurts their trade stock, and were willing to retain on Naz for 3 years even. Like I said in the other thread, should put some infamous/popular claims about the front office and ownership to bed, but it probably won't happen.
I think Conroy has done well. Not only has he stockpiled even more picks and added three depth prospects (Wiebe, Castagna, Curran) to the pipeline, but he's also added some veterans to the room (Whitecloud, Maatta, Strome) ... young guys will probably benefit from that, especially with another three heavy lifters out of the door. Othmann is a decent reclamation project, Strome could be flipped for a higher pick next year if he can rebound a bit.
I don't have a lot of complaints. I disliked trading with Vegas yet again, especially since we owned their 1st this year. But Whitecloud has been a great addition and there seems to be some potential with Wiebe, so I've come around. Loved the three 2nds package for Weegar, that adds a ton of flexibility for the upcoming draft. The return for Kadri was decent too, and spreading out those 1sts might actually be a good thing.
All that was missing was a Coleman trade or maybe getting a real A prospect in one of these deals, but I don't mind hanging on to Coleman a little longer and understand that those prospects are hard to come by. All in all, really good work from Craig.
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