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Old 03-07-2025, 01:08 PM   #21
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The best trades are the trades you don't make.

Or something like that.
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It's always fun to get a trade, but this was expected and understandable. It's hard for a bubble team to justify buying or selling. Conroy got his business done early with Farabee and Frost.

The types of moves the Flames need to make are the types that take place at the draft or during the offseason.

Good GMs are patient and don't fall for the TDL hype just to make deals.
Agreed on all counts.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:08 PM   #23
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Just glad that they weren't buyers.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:08 PM   #24
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Not a bad day.

Oilers are big losers, haha.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:09 PM   #25
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Glad they didn’t trade for depth. I was big on selling Anderson. I also think they wasted an opportunity on selling a winger at high costs. We have to many now and to many for next year. They are going to have to sell one in summer so why not now? There’s no way the plan is to have Zary on 4th line next year.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:09 PM   #26
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I hope they were atleast listening to offers on the vets.


I'm happy that they didn't make any rental acquisitions. That's a win to me.
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The team in the middle of the standings didn’t get better or worse. I don’t think treading water was the right play today for fans of any approach. Kicking the can down the road for another season.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:10 PM   #28
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This is what I was told leading up to this day so not surprised. Thanks to Royal and Sec for sharing and thanks to everyone who has fun with it.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:11 PM   #29
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Imo complete inertia is one of the worst outcomes for any team on TDL day but at least they didn't make any stupid adds.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:12 PM   #30
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:12 PM   #31
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Good. Stay the course
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:13 PM   #32
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It's fine. Overachieving team with great goaltending.

Even trading off Andersson might have led you in the 11-16 range for your pick. Potentially More suitors in the offseason for him anyway.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:13 PM   #33
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Nice of him to give fans an explanation. I think many of us were hoping the Flames could weaponize the cap space before the huge jump next year.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:14 PM   #34
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Deals just weren't worth giving up our assets.

No Zary for Cozens - Dont think it makes us better honestly.
No 3rd/4th round picks for UFA's
No sense entertaining lowball offers on our veterans.

The one thing I do have a hard time with is the Kadri to Avs situation and what that return would/could have been given how much Brock received.

With that said we knew Kadri didnt want to go anywhere and we were told by Craig that he wasn't trading him. What "could" have been will have to remain just that.
Although I'm not, I can live with Kadri wanting to be here and us respecting it since he has trade protection.

However, I fail to believe that we got lowball offers for our vets when every trade out there was premium. Just makes no sense unless we are asking for 3 1sts for Rasmus or 2 for Coleman.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:15 PM   #35
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Yeah I don’t see any problems with this. We don’t have any big name players who are upcoming UFA’s that we could’ve cashed in on. On the flipside we are not good enough to be buyers at the deadline.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:15 PM   #36
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Every year we say we are going to weaponize our cap space yet we see others do it and not us.

Can't believe this anymore if we put a huge premium that others don't.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:16 PM   #37
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Too bad they couldn't get involved absorbing $ for a pick.

But I also suspect Edwards wouldn't be a fan of it based on the lack of salary retention historically.
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Old 03-07-2025, 01:16 PM   #38
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Great job by Conroy not carelessly expending any draft capital. Seemingly learned his lesson last year with the Okhotyuk move which is just fine for a first-time GM.

Done are the days of continually blowing assets to rent players who make no incremental difference. In isolation, none a big deal but in aggregate what a negligent waste of draft capital and no lessons learned.

8 games of Carpenter for a 5th.
29 games of Jarnkrok for a 2nd, a 3rd, a 7th.
17 games of Forbort for a 4th.
17 games of Gustafsson for a 3rd.
18 games of Fantenberg for a 4th.
9 games of Nick Shore for a 7th.
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Although I'm not, I can live with Kadri wanting to be here and us respecting it since he has trade protection.

However, I fail to believe that we got lowball offers for our vets when every trade out there was premium. Just makes no sense unless we are asking for 3 1sts for Rasmus or 2 for Coleman.
Yeah that's what I don't get either. Other teams are getting overpayments but Flames only able to get low ball offers.

Seems to me like it's more that Flames just weren't willing to actually be open to discussions and negotiations to try to unlock more of that value.
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