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Originally Posted by butterfly
Sorry, friend. Missed this comment. Do you think Markstrom at 2.5x$8.5M would be claimed on waivers or could be traded straight up for future considerations? I don't. That would be zero value.
If we have to retain or take their garbage contracts back or send picks out then it's negative value.
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That is not how modern waivers works. If a team like the Devils had 8.5 million in cap space, yes they would take him. Most teams do not have the cap space so they work out a deal. But I suspect even at 8.5 million he would be snapped up on waivers, a team would definitely take him at that contract because there would be a team that had the space.
Thankfully Conroy is the GM so he will not do this but I guarantee if Markstrom was put on waivers tomorrow he would have about 15 waiver claims put in on him, so he clearly has much more than zero value right now, which was your original point.