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Originally Posted by ComixZone
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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.
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Here's the thing...i would trade Markstrom for nothing in the offseason with no money retained, before I'd retain $3M and trade him for Copley and Turcotte.
Having $6M of cap space instead of $3M of cap space after dealing Markstrom is huge. Somebody needs to get rid of 1 year * $6M contract...maybe you can buy yourself a 1st, do that both offseasons and it's 2 1sts.
Markstrom might have little to no value at $6M (although with a strong season that could easily change). But even now at $3M he should hold large value and be worth more than Copley+Turcotte.