[tigerthelion]

So Conroy loves Calgary, AS LONG AS HE IS PAID WELL. He loves money, then Calgary is a distant second. I'm not criticizing Conroy at all for taking the money to sign with LA. I'd probably do the same thing. What I don't fall for is his talk of truly never wanting to leave Calgary. IF he loved Calgary as much as he lets on, he would have stayed with them and played for 1.5 million a year. I'm sure the Flames would gladly have offered him that amount.

They didn't offer him a contract. Nothing. Zero. So, if his choice is to play in LA for $2.4 million (or whatever it was) or play in Calgary for free, well, it makes his decision quite simple, regardless of how much he loves the city.

If Conroy wanted to stay that badly, you darn well know he could have got his agent to talk with Sutter and try to work out a deal.

Anyway, the whole world of professional sports is a big joke anyway. I was just reading an article about Todd Helton and it mentioned how the agents and player's association were angry at him when he signed his extension with Colorado because they thought he was underselling himself. Only in pro sports can a guy make 15 mill/year (or whatever) and be attacked for not being MORE GREEDY! If I was Helton, I'd tell the other agents and players to go fuck themselves and if they want to make more money, they should stop relying on the market as it is and go create demand for their services on their own. Go make their own market. Everyone has an obligation to look after himself and that's what Helton did. He wanted to stay in Colorado so he took a bit less money. All the other whining bitch players and agents should go fuck themselves.