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Originally Posted by Toonage
How is this different than re-signing Kuemper at the end of his deal for another 3? Would the money be all that different at that point? At least with Kuemper you save at least a million or so, probably more for those first few years.
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You're contradicting yourself here.
Kuemper's deal is only 2 years, at which point he will need to be resigned at a price that is likely to be at least as high as what Markstrom signs for.
So the difference in salary only applies for 2 years, which is NOT worth a 1stround pick.
Conversely, if you don't re-sign him, then the 1st round pick was a COMPLETE waste, as you only got 2 years of him.
Markstrom makes way more sense than Kuemper from an asset management point of view. If you prefer one goalie over the other, that is a different conversation.