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Originally Posted by ComixZone
In my eyes Conroy and the organization should be aggressive in being willing to do it though. If they truly want to fast forward things and not dwell in irrelevancy, using the cap space in the short term to effectively skip the line in the draft is a good way to do it.
Markstrom @ 50% for Alexander Holtz (I don't think we'd see a deal like this being a 1 for 1, but for as example)
That's a 34 year old goalie and ~$6M for a 22 year old top-10 pick that has already spent some time being developed. Those types of players are rarely traded, and would help the Flames get down this re-tool road quicker. When you look at Wolf being a sub-$2M goalie for the duration of that Markstrom retention period, it's not a very painful pill to swallow. Especially when we look at recent history and the fact that we spent that $6M in goalie salary on the league's worst goalie just last season.
The Flames seemingly don't want a prolonged period of pain, and using things like salary retention helps them avoid that. Conroy should of course extract maximum value, but the team is in a really good/intriguing spot when it comes to the goaltending position and dealing from a position of power right now seems like a smart move.
I'd sooner see Markstrom traded than Hanifin at this point. If we extend Hanifin and trade Markstrom and Tanev? I'd view that as a big ol' W (...bigger W being trading all 3).
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I think Conroy needs to figure out what the value of Markstrom is before any retention. If Kuemper was worth a 1st, a 3rd and a former 32nd overall pick at 5.5% of the cap then what is Markstrom worth for two years without any retention when he is projected to be 6.8% of the cap and 6.5% of the cap. In my mind he is definitely worth a 1st and a 3rd at that rate. To get him down to 5.5% of the cap combined for those two season you have to eat a million on retention.
For me a 5 million dollar a year Markstrom is worth a minimum of a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd with no bad salary coming back. If there is bad salary coming back he is probably worth more unless the thinking is he is a worse goalie than Kuemper.