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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The Flames have been dialed in on Mercer for a while. I think the ask is their 2024 1st (top 10 protected ) and Mercer. From the sounds of it that ask was too much for NJ.
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If the Flames are asking for Mercer and a first, wonder if the Devils as asking for 50% retention, and that’s the hang up.
If the flames can pry Mercer away from the Devils, which would be great, wonder if Mercer and a second, or even a third for Markstrom with $1-2M retained might work.
In any event seems like a long shot Markstrom is moved prior to the deadline.
The Vladar injury is also complicating things. I was starting to think moving Vladar at 50% retained was the more likely move. Good backups at ~$1M are valuable.