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Originally Posted by Bonded
Now do every other starter on in the league over three years and it is going to look similar. I think people overestimate how good goaltending is on other teams
Look at Binnington who was brought up as a comparable:
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As I'm the one who brought up Binnington, I think I need to clarify. I posited a scenario that Markstrom be traded to St. Louis for Binnington because both Markstrom and Binnington had bad years last year, are having better years this year, and make the exact same amount of money (AAV).
My overarching point was that if one would not trade Markstrom straight up for Binnington, one-for-one, then one has to concede no other team would acquire Markstrom without salary retention. Binnington is four years younger and, although he had a bad year last year, he was better than Markstrom, and is better than Markstrom this year too. If any Flames fan wouldn't immediately agree to a Markstrom-for-Binnington trade, they're dreaming if they thing the Flames wouldn't have to retain some of Markstrom's salary to trade him elsewhere.