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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No they don't. But last season was just that - a bad season. They happen.
Markstrom is the starting goalie that he has been for the past several years. And he has value. The fact that you are tainted, because of last season, is irrelevant to his value around the league.
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You look at these stats, and you look at his performance in the 3+ years as a Flame, and you look at $6M - I'd argue Markstrom holds little value.
You can paint that as me being 'tainted', but goalies aren't worth much. The value from Markstrom comes from getting him at $3M. At $6M, I don't think you'd have any team able to/wanting to acquire him in-season. Perhaps in the off-season if he can put together a full decent year here. You seem to believe that Markstrom does hold value around the league and that I'm tainted - can you find a $6M goalie with a recent history like Markstrom that has been traded for value to show some level of market value? I can't really think of one. Ryan Miller was kind of the last big ticket goalie traded, no? His performance leading up to his trade dwarfs Markstrom's, and Miller didn't have term left on his deal.