[Rumour] Flames to name Conroy GM. Nonis in an executive role; Iginla advisor

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by getbak

And the one guy who had done it before was Jay Feaster.

You know who else was never an NHL GM before their current job? Bill Zito, Jim Nill, and Kelly McCrimmon. In fact, the overwhelming majority of NHL GMs are in the role for the first time.

Ya Im aware...im just sayin it has never really worked here. Im not anti-Conroy at all....but i am wondering if a clean slate might not have been a better/new/different way forward.

I mean Fletcher is the guy to be measured against, and yes that was his 1st GM job.

It also took him 2 cities and 2 decades to get to the top....though his teams were always good once they got to Alberta.

[TOfan]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

First time GM>>>>>>Bergevin, Bowman and Nonis

Conroy’s earned this. Hard to argue there’s another candidate that knows the organization, the market, and the team better than Conroy. That’s no guarantee for success, or the ultimate success, but today/tomorrow should be considered a good day for the team.

Excited to see where they go from here.

[shadowlord]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Markstrom is the worst goalie in the league and we owe him six million a year for the next three years.

This is the reason why I hope Conroy is the GM that finally ditches all of our goaltending coaches. They have a long history of failure over the past decade with many, many goalies.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Rick M.

Was Conroy in on the exit interviews?

Without question IMO........and Pascall as well.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Not like Conroy was Treliving's guy that followed him for organization to organization ala Dave Nonis and Brian Burke. Perhaps it's not a true clean slate but I'm comfortable calling it one as Conroy isn't beholding to Treliving style and way to do business.

[bluejays]

I'm not a Nonis guy, but to a large degree I'm happy someone with some experience is brought in to assist Conroy. I'm sure mavricks like Bergevin would be underpinning Conroy, and at this point in his career I don't think Nonis will pull the same stunts. Should be a cohesive team going forward. If Conroy said his approach will be building through the draft, I'm happy. Bodes well for me as a fan.

[TOfan]

Originally Posted by shadowlord

This is the reason why I hope Conroy is the GM that finally ditches all of our goaltending coaches. They have a long history of failure over the past decade with many, many goalies.

Markstrom was second in Vezina voting last year. Vladar has proven himself to be a very capable backup, and maybe more. Wolf has won goaltender of the year every year since he’s been drafted.

Not too sure what your gripe is. Despite last year being a tough one, the organization is positioned very well in G.

[topfiverecords]

One thing we can be sure of is that Conroy has a few synonyms for “the process” in his vocabulary.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Not like Conroy was Treliving's guy that followed him for organization to organization ala Dave Nonis and Brian Burke. Perhaps it's not a true clean slate but I'm comfortable calling it one as Conroy isn't beholding to Treliving style and way to do business.

He has connections to every single member of the organization the last decade+. On AND off the ice.

Clean slate?



Hope he becomes the greatest hire on franchise history, im a lifelong fan afterall, but i just feel like we are in for more of the same.

Also hope I am dead wrong.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by bluejays

I'm not a Nonis guy, but to a large degree I'm happy someone with some experience is brought in to assist Conroy. I'm sure mavricks like Bergevin would be underpinning Conroy, and at this point in his career I don't think Nonis will pull the same stunts. Should be a cohesive team going forward. If Conroy said his approach will be building through the draft, I'm happy. Bodes well for me as a fan.

Is this confirmed yet?

I hope it is...think he could be a super good resource for Conroy.

[Beninho]

Like another other GM that would have come in I will take a wait and see approach. I like Conroy as a person obviously, he loves this organization and I hope he has a solid plan to right this ship.

[FlamesAddiction]

Conroy probably has a really good read on things that are wrong and need to be fixed. When you bring in guys from the outside, they often need time to figure stuff out and you get things like buying out St.Louis to bring in Dwayne Hay.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by transplant99

He has connections to every single member of the organization the last decade+. On AND off the ice.

Clean slate?



Hope he becomes the greatest hire on franchise history, im a lifelong fan afterall, but i just feel like we are in for more of the same.

Also hope I am dead wrong.

More hot reaction gifs please.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Sec214

If he wants to come in as assistant sure. .500 record as HC unless you think the real coach is what Utica had for the years leading up to his NHL Job.

I think the Canucks were a well coached team with lots of bad players. He did the best he could with what he had. One reason I would consider him is he was willing to play rookies and young players, and not just the top picks either. Perhaps he had no choice since there wasn't much else.
I think there are more than a few examples of coaches who didn't do great the first time around, but figure it out when they get another shot. I think Green could be one of them

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Don Maloney laid out very clearly we are not rebuilding not sure why people don't understand that.

This is a team that wants to make the playoffs next season.

Yep, a rebuild is not coming so as a fan of this team the best you can do is cheer on the latest patchwork attempt to get us into the playoffs. Sad but true.

Might get a couple rounds out of it and that's always fun in late May, so there's that.

[FlamesAddiction]

Green was linked to the Flames before, so it wouldn’t be shocking if his name comes up again. I have no opinion on his ability, but he seems like a good guy.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Sec214

All I can tell you is that if anyone loves Calgary and wants to win in Calgary more than anyone ever before in this history of this franchise - It's Craig and Ken King (Miss you).

He's a beautiful hockey mind. Conroy, identifies talent better than many of the old dogs and he can relate to all of these players and has the ability to be FFF. Firm, Fair and Fun.

He pushed for Johnny, Philips, Zary, Pelt and Schwindt. He lobbied for Kylington when nobody else was. He supported Ramus early in his career when he struggle with Fitness the list goes on and on what he's done unnoticed.

Well this is easily my favourite post in this thread.

[browna]

Good for Conroy. Deserves it and has paid proper dues with a few coaches, Burke around, Treliving, King etc so he's seen it all behind the scenes as an exec.

Still wont forget the day that Treliving's predecessor, without the proper respect for a veteran or the team, sent Conroy down to the minors.

The team, especially Iginla, were beyond furious that he was treated like that. Ken King again(as he had to do when Greg Gilbert was going to send Vernon to the minors) has to smooth things over with the team and player, and gave Conroy his off ice role as opposed to the disgusting forced snap retirement move the GM tried to pull.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Not like Conroy was Treliving's guy that followed him for organization to organization ala Dave Nonis and Brian Burke. Perhaps it's not a true clean slate but I'm comfortable calling it one as Conroy isn't beholding to Treliving style and way to do business.

If anything, he's probably been harbouring his own ideas and preferred direction for years, while learning the ins and outs of being a GM. I'm as excited as one can possibly be while understanding that he will not have anything resembling full autonomy under Murray Edwards.

Edwards will continue to squash selling off and resetting, but I think Conroy can still do some exciting things within those confines.

[TOfan]

Originally Posted by jayswin

If anything, he's probably been harbouring his own ideas and preferred direction for years, while learning the ins and outs of being a GM. I'm as excited as one can possibly be while understanding that he will not have anything resembling full autonomy under Murray Edwards.

Edwards will continue to squash selling off and resetting, but I think Conroy can still do some exciting things within those confines.

Who knows, maybe Conroy has been around long enough to be the Edwards whisperer.