If a deal around trading a goaltender for a 1st/Holtz or Mercer midseason fell apart because of essentially the value of a 2nd round pick (retention)... Pick up the phone again and work on it.
Nobody would be surprised Markstrom has another off season next year and we're begging to get rid of him.
The fortunes of this team would change dramatically by adding a package anywhere close to that for an asset you thought 8 months ago was a liability.
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