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Wow this calls for a ATL its so salty in Shelbyville over the Markstrom rumours.

Spoiler!

I really hope Markstroms career cratars just like Schneiders did.

First OEL and now Markstrom. Who's next?

It’s the fact that he’s willing to sign in Calgary but not here that annoys me, lol.

Meh, f*** him. The Flames can have him.

Still annoying. Apparently he doesn’t want to sign with a rebuilding team or a B market team. We know which one Detroit is. Which one does he consider Edmonton? Or is it both?

The Flames problems are not in net anyway. Their forward group and Giordano are gutless and shrink in the playoffs. Monahan is a fraud who isn't even a no.2 C come playoff time. Their best player for both the last two post-seasons was their goalie, if they want to overpay on that position, good luck with that.

I wonder if word is beginning to circulate around the league that Edmonton is a place where goaltenders are left out to dry.

Thank Chiarelli for this mess

Twits like OEL and Markstrom think Edmonton is such a poor market can have their Canucks and Flames. They aren’t interested in winning. Just money and lifestyle. So f*** them.

The thing that annoys me is that Calgary shouldn’t be associated with money and lifestyle anymore than Edmonton. It’s an optics issue that this organization needs to change.

I don't know but he just gave the Oilers bulletin board material everytime they play him, if calling the city a "B" market is taken how it sounds. I know Edmonton will never compare to LA, NYC, etc. but in no way is a city 2.5 hours away with a steadily declining downtown vacancy a full letter grade above Edmonton. I hope they light his ass up from here on out, wherever he plays.

Seems like Edmonton is constantly disrespected from all angles, the league, media, fans, players. Hopefully the disrespect can put a chip on the guys on this teams shoulders, the fact that even with two of the best in the world, everyone treats you as a laughingstock.

Jesus Christ, Edmonton is getting freaking hammered the last few days. Honestly, is the city really that god awful? I mean, you have two of the best players in the league, a brand new state of the art arena and a team that was vastly improved this season and players still want to avoid this place like the plague. Is Calgary really that much nicer? I always knew that Edmonton was low on the destination list but this is brutal.

The fact that the city isn't the greatest and we have 2 of the bet in the world and are still barely relevant, why would players lineup to come here? Maybe guys don't like Tippets style too?

I can't think of any good free agents the Flames have signed in recent history. How do we know they don't see Edmonton and Calgary as equally undesirable? You can read 'Markstrom has Edmonton and Detroit on his no-sign list' as 'Markstrom has ONLY Edmonton and Detroit on his no-sign list' if you want.

I'm not expecting players to line up to come to Edmonton, ever really, but they're being singled out as a "don't want to go there" place the last few days while Calgary is a destination at least in Markstrom's case? Is it really the water?

Think the Markstrom story is probably BS. It's from a radio personality in Vancouver who's a known attention whore. You don't need a list of no-gos even as a UFA. Even if he didn't want to come here his agent would not want a list or anything like that because he can use every market to get leverage for a deal like "oh Vancouver you're only offering 5 per, well Edmonton just offered us 5.5", that sort of thing. OEL bit is legit, but that's fair for him, he signed a long term deal in Arizona, if he's moving to a different market it means he taking a pay cut (a significant one) to go somewhere else because of the tax difference. He is within his rights to pick and choose where he wants to be.