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Originally Posted by Saqe
Teams want to send back equal amount of money and Markstrom has two years left. So if they can then that helps his value too. Not sure what it is exactly, just throwing that first round idea out there. He's also been up and down the last couple of years and the market is very cold right now.
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I would prefer trying to stay competitive in the future and not having to eat away at 3m for 2 more seasons after this one. What I would like the Flames to do is trade Markstrom to a contender, take on a meh contract that can turn out to be a good player for us, and flip the goalie they give back to us for an upgrade elsewhere.
For example, an NJ/CGY/LAK trade:
To NJ: Markstrom, Zadorov
To CGY: 2024/2025 1st (whichever San Jose doesn't get), Vanecek, Palat, 2026 2nd (for extra year of Palat)
To LA: Vanecek (50% retained by Calgary) --> 1.7m retained for 2024 and 2025
To CGY: Copley, *2024/2025 2nd, *2026 3rd (LA trades a 1st in 2024/2025 if they make it to conf. finals in either year, if they don't, Calgary gets 2026 3rd)
Both parties CGY deals with get upgrades on goalies, we get futures. I may be overvaluing what we can get with LAK, but Vanecek at 1.7m for 1.5 seasons is a steal. And i'd rather retain 1.7m on 1.5 seasons than 3m with 2.5. At least with retention for only one additional year form this one aligns with whatever we're doing with Mangiapane, Zary, and Wolf. And lastly, something Murray would likely agree to more than eating Markstrom's salary. I also think Palat in a top 6 wing spot here would allow us to either flip or keep him later. Could also make Mangiapane expendable for more assets.