IF (big if) there is someone out there willing to take Markstrom's 6 Million cap hit without a SIGNIFICANT addition, then that is no doubt the best route to take. We need cap space and he's a negative on the roster. Even if you consider Markstrom better than Vladar (personally strongly disagree, but whatever) the cap considerations alone make shopping markstrom as much as possible worth it prior to ditching Vladar.
Wolf needs to be in the NHL next season. We can afford to attach a prospect not named Coronato, Pelletier, Wolf, or Zary to markstrom if that makes him moveable, or any pick thats not a 1st is likely worth it.
I would even consider an underperforming dman swap for markstrom. That could be interesting. But really, we need out from that money.
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