Conroy Owns Up To The Markstrom Trade Mistake

Flames GM Craig Conroy is admitting there was a mistake in the Markstrom trade, and that is never the kind of sentence a front office throws around lightly. Around the league, executives will tell you that trades age fast when a goalie situation gets messy, because the goaltending market has a habit of humbling everyone involved. Calgary is now dealing with the fallout of a call that has clearly become part of the summer conversation, and those are usually the ones that linger the longest.