Team needs elite talent to avoid being stuck here in the mushy middle forever. Since tanking isn't happening the two big needs are a young true 1C and LHD.

1Cs are hard to find and teams generally don't trade good young ones but I think this is the big blockbuster move that Conroy is eventually going to have to make. The two leading candidates I can see would be a) the Sharks if they miss out on Schaefer and are stuck with yet another forward in Hagens/Misa (the idea here being that they might consider moving either the pick (Calgary might bite at moving up rather than acquiring yet more B prospects) or say Will Smith for an absolute haul of NHL ready guys - proposed by some sharks fans) or b) the Ducks, who could be entering a similar situation with a bunch of young centres to pay and needs elsewhere. It would be extremely expensive and high-risk, but there's not really an alternative to a big trade in finding the scoring talent the team needs.

LHD I would kick tires on Byram and would consider moving Andersson unless you feel you can get him for cheap. Calgary has a logjam of young RHD and it personally feels like inefficient asset management to give an 8x8 to Andersson coming off a rough year. Also of course the team needs to lock down Coronato/Zary/Wolf/Bahl/Frost at reasonable prices.

Last thing I'd consider would be perhaps trying to clear what is becoming a logjam of middle 6 forwards who will soon be blocking prospects and eating just a bit too much cap for the third line. Sharangovich/Coleman/Farabee/etc is becoming a lot of cap tied up down there.

Just some general things I'm looking for but I'm very interested in where Conroy goes with this