Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener

How Did It Get THIS BAD For Connor Zary?? | BB Clips

Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener

Show Notes

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett go deep on the Connor Zary situation and try to figure out how one of the Calgary Flames’ most promising young players reached the point of being placed on waivers.The guys go all the way back through Zary’s time in Calgary, from the flashes that made him look like a legitimate piece of the Flames’ future to the injuries, inconsistent stretches, changing opportunities and questions about how he’s been handled by the coaching staff. Was Zary’s development derailed by injuries? Did the Flames fail to put him in the right situations to succeed? Or did the player simply never take the step Calgary was waiting for? There’s plenty of blame and plenty of different angles to consider as the guys ask the biggest question of all: what went wrong with Connor Zary, and how the hell did it get to this point?

NOTE: This conversation was recorded before Connor Zary cleared waivers.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/-4RVV1RFRu0

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