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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Here is what I know and have said all along, unless someone vastly overpays and they can convince Markstrom to waive his NMC he isn't going anywhere. Will the team listen if someone calls in him? Sure, you always listen. Is anyone going to make the kind of offer I believe it would take for Conroy to even approach Markstrom about moving? Highly highly unlikely.
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Are ‘high bar’ and ‘vastly overpay’ the same thing? I don’t think so.
High bar, or very high bar to be specific. implies to me that a deal could be made but the Flames are not necessarily looking to do so. In other words, the Flames are not approaching other teams. They will consider offers if the price is attractive enough and they’re comfortable Markstrom would agree to go. I also wouldn’t dismiss the thought that having Friedman publicize this at this point, ~8 weeks from TDL, could be a smoke signal to other GM’s to step up if interested.
Vastly overpay to me implies there is no deal to be made as no other GM would, or should, vastly overpay for any asset. Vastly overpay would be like going to McDonalds and saying ‘Hello, I would like a Big Mac, how much is that?’ ‘Well, sir, for you, a Big Mac will be $78.00’. Basically Conroy would be saying to other GM’s, ‘don’t bother, and GFY’, which, I think, is absolutely the wrong position to take for the Flames.
If there is legitimately to the Flames wanting to retool/rebuild or simply get younger, I would be a bit surprised if a Markstrom trade isnt being taken a little more seriously. The time to make room for Wolf, full time, should probably happen before the deadline passes and should certainly happen before the start of next year, however that looks. Trading Markstrom should most definitely be on the table.
Vastly overpay, or massive overpay, is quickly becoming the new ‘immediately fired’ parlance for strong opinions. These reactionary proclamations people like to make are a little over the top. Not intended to pick on this post alone because a fair share of posters talk in this way but whenever I see this type of stuff it kinda works in the opposite direction it is intended to.