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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Unless they have easy options to move Fleury. In which case they can demand a huge return for Murray and will only move him for such. If they don't get an incredible offer for Murray then they just move Fleury instead.
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But the whole idea was predicated on the Pens electing to keep Fluery...
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Originally Posted by Par
I was listening to the Fan 960 yesterday and they had Eric Duhatschek on and they were talking about the goalie situations for Calgary and Eric Duhatschek said that the Pens may keep Fleury and trade Murray
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If they keep Fluery then they have to protect him via his NMC and by extension expose Murray. Which dramatically lowers the leverage they have in trade talks. Not only does every team know the Pens have to move one of them but they can also use McPhee to down bid the price on Murray via a Draft & Trade. Duhatschek is on a liquid lunch if he thinks Pitts could legitimately insist on and get Bennett + 1st.