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Originally Posted by Bingo
Certainly possible.
But in that case you would have the Devils asking and Conroy saying no way Jose and that would be that.
He would know.
He wouldn't head into a Markstrom negotiation that got done package wise without knowing if he could or couldn't retain for Markstrom.
Devils are frustrated because they think the Flames want too much for retention? I can see that 100%.
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I could see this being a likely scenario. Conroy could have gotten the framework of a trade setup with both sides agreeing to everything except the salary retention. Got the ok from Markstrom and then went to finalize the deal by sorting out the returns in exchange for salary retention and Conroy’s demands in exchange for salary retention could have been way higher than what the Devils were thinking. Could be a case where the devils never expected the price of salary retention to be so high and it made them frustrated that the deal was a waste of time if the cost to make the salary work would be so much.
All complete speculation. Could just see something like that happening. After the flames got crushed in the Monahan trade, Conroy might think the return for taking on or retaining any salary should be really high like it was when they dumped Monahan’s salary. Other teams (like the devils) might see that as just a bad trade that Treliving made and not want to match that kind of price.