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Originally Posted by Yikes
Ridiculous? So why did they not protect Markstrom? Anyways...I have zero interest in batting this around. I prefer Vladar over Markstrom as starter and that's it. If I am wrong then I will eat my words over and over and over but hey, I am also the guy that would have traded both Kiprusoff and Iginla after the 04 run.
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It was an exercise in risk mitigation. The Canucks could have seen Markstrom walk as a UFA and lost Demko's rights in expansion draft. Now no goalie.