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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
Fair enough. I just don't see the Penguins in a "need to trade" situation. That day will not happen until the day before the expansion draft. And if it does come right down to that day, they could trade Murray for a kings ransom.
The rumours that the Penguins will only move Fleury for the right price because they are willing to keep both goalies make perfect sense to me. That's the best play for the Penguins.
And if MAFs NMC is going to be such a problem one year from now why wouldn't it be a problem right now?
Maybe the Flames are the only team who needs a starter. That doesn't mean that teams will be lining up to give them one.
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If they truly believe that Murray is their goalie of the future (which I would assume they do after the cup win) then they have to trade MAF prior to next year's expansion draft. If they want to hold onto MAF till then, his value will only depreciate because teams will know they HAVE to trade him or they will lose Murray. In that situation, they would most likely need to add to MAF to offload him because I dont see a situation where they would trade Murray.
imo he has some value right now and they can either capitalize on it or risk holding onto him until its too late.