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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Vancouver favored Demko as younger and cheaper so they let Markstrom go.
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Not entirely true. While they had high hopes for Demko, the team was making a hard push to sign Marky. They apparently offered similar dollars to what the Flames offered (with one less year). But the real issue was that Markstrom wanted a NMC so he could be sheltered from the expansion draft. The Canucks, wisely, said no that which ever goalie was the better of the two would be the one protected. It would also mean that down the line, if Demko was still with the team and continued on the trajectory he has been on, we wouldn't be in another Luongo situation and could look at dealing him.
In the end it worked out for everyone involved (the teams and players).