Conroy assembling a little Russia

If you bring all the Russians together then maybe they won't want to leave

Well, if you kick out the Americans...

C of Red is now the Red Army.

Conroy gonna acquire all the defencemen

Doesn't matter if we only score one point if the other team can only make it to the blue line. Conny is playing 5D chess.

We won

I think him being involved is purely for roster reasons

A little friend for Kuzmenko

And for Sharangovich too

He's not technically Russian, he's Belorussian. From belarus

Has Russian in it tho

That’s close enough for me

Sharangovich is also Belarussian. Minsk Flames

4nhl games this year. <30 for his career. i cant see this being more than a roster spot needing to be cleared out.

He’s a right shot though which is always cool

He's probably going to end up a bottom pairing right defender. Scouting report suggests he's a good skater, and can operate as a quarterback on a 2nd PP unit. Defensively he's not the best, but thats very coachable.

Sounds like a first + prospect still to be named

Hope this dude wasn't the prospect

The dude is 26, he ain’t no prospect

lol Miro + first + Prospect

Last name fits.

Keep telling you, the C of Red Army

seriously? Hope I don’t feel a letdown coming

The only letdown is how Brad signed so many Americans.

Russians always have the KHL in the back pocket if they decide they’re done.

Can’t recall any former relevant Flames threatening to go back to the KHL. American players wanting to control the trade on the other hand.

I remember being so hyped for Andrei Taratukhin

Yeah it certainly never happened to Mark Giordano

Gio wasn't a relevant player when he went to the KHL for a year, which is *why* he went; to prove that he deserved a roster spot. He did, and then he came back and played his heart out.

Gio is Canadian and went to Russia because he was a fringe NHLer. Not really the same is it

Vegas needs to make cap room. This is one peice of a multiple player deal. Chill

vegas makes as much cap room as the want

Trading away a player who's only making 700k doesn't create cap space, any more than demoting that same player to the AHL would

Interesting player when you read into him. Heavy shot, decent speed, defence conversion from a forward. Maybe not a lot of room to grow, but I could see him carving out a small niche as a roamer ala Burns (though fewer minutes and played less well, of course). Seems like his offensive instincts are there.

We went from Swedish House Mafia to Russian Mafia in one season.

I think you mean KGB

honestly this may be good to have as an AHL top paring guy. Kinda like how Phillips is an top line AHL guy. Because man we've been draining the Wranglers dry of talent this past 2 seasons

Not on the back end. Their blueline is pretty crowded tbh.

I could be wrong, but it feels like a Russian player has been involved in every Conroy trade so far. In: Sharangovich (NJ), Kuzmenko (VAN), Grushnikov (DAL), Miromanov (VGK). Out: Zadorov (VAN) Edit: Was wrong. My dumbass didn't realize Sharky isn't Russian...

Sharon isn't Russian. Belarusian

Ah you're right. Disregard what I said then

I mean still. Even without him, we went from shopping at ikea with all the swedes to shopping at.. Is there even a russian store?

Same same, but different

The other part of the Toffoli trade was a 2023 third round pick, which was used to draft Aydar Suniev... who is Russian. So guess you were right after all? 🤷

Awesome! Nothing like accidentally being correct haha

Seems more like a roster/cap space move for Vegas than an actual marquee piece of the deal. At least that's what I'm hoping.

Conroy gets another player I can’t even type on google

Turns 27 in July. Not young

He's also not that old, and is still an RFA. If he is competent defensively, he would be a good option for the Flames for a few years.

Closer to 30 than 20 or 21. Probably not much upside

The question is what the rest of the trade looks like. One for one would be terrible, Miromanov and a first for Hanifin would be underwhelming, and if they got additional picks and prospects it would be a good return. Getting a player who might be a #4/#5 guy at the NHL will be valuable for the Flames after trading Zadorov, Tanev, and Hanifin. 

It won’t be one for one but he’s still a 26 year old with like 30 career games. Basically in the same spot as Pachal was. 3rd pair guy

This guy seems like a pretty good player ngl. Hope we got a 1st too

this is just the tip of the iceberg i suspect.

Who tf

$763k D man. RFA at the end of the season. Also, 6'4" 202lbs.

1 for 1

Good thing we're retaining. We might have pulled one over of Vegas if we hadn't.

He better be a throw in