Mercer would be great with his ability to play some centre and 2 way game but even Holtz would be a good add and found money given the shift in Markstrom's value. He's got a great right handed shot and good offensive instincts and has been bouncing between their 3rd and 4th lines and on 2nd powerplay unit at best. He seems like a ready made replacement for Kuz at RW as a trigger man for Hubderdeau long run.
Mercer's more valuable contract wise as well even though he's expiring, Holtz has a another full year to run on his deal and probably won't lock in on the back of this season, so the flames are going to be in a position where if he sees a ton of ice and kills next year it will cost a lot of money, not much of an opportunity for a value contract. Mercer's up this season and feels like he could be locked up for a while on a deal that could end up being pretty team friendly.
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