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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
The price to get Fleury will be high and why wouldn't it be? He is coming off a very good season, has a very good resume and a good contract.
The Penguins have if not the best one of the best tandems in the league at a good cap hit. Why would they even think of giving that up without getting at least fair market value?
They can make trades that protect themselves from an expansion draft right up until the day of the expansion draft.
If the Flames want Fleury I'm sure that they can get him but it's gonna cost.
Saying that the Penguins have to deal away Fleury for peanuts is like saying that the Flames have to deal Jokipakka right now for any asset they can get because he would be exposed in a hypothetical expansion draft one year from now. I don't see starting goalies being the buyers that market people seem to think it is.
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That situation is completely different. The Penguins need to trade him now for some sort of value from the only team that needs a goalie. They could wait till next summer and either be forced to protect him because of his NMC and risk losing Murray or pretty much give him away in a deal so they can protect Murray. In our case, we aren't being forced to protect Jokipakka. If he also had a NMC then your point would be true.