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Originally Posted by Bingo
I've never wavered from the original value thought so my expectations are still where they were a few months ago.
Lindholm's deal exceeded expectations which is great, but I avoid the roller coaster.
Lindholm and Hanifin for 1st, player, prospect
Hanifin for a 2nd
See what happens.
Biggest thing is avoiding extensions on 29 year old players, and facing the fact that they needed to make changes.
The Lindholm trade likely makes the total for all three work out at or above expectations.
Markstrom the interesting variable.
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Markstrom for me is a clear win if we pull a 1st round pick + cost of any retention. We’ve got the organizational depth and the players age/contract situation doesn’t align with the team’s vision - so extracting a 1st + value for any financial considerations is a clear, and massive “W” in my eyes.
Anything around that and I think we can all sit back much in the way we did with the Lindholm trade and think “wow, impressive work by Conroy”. I think the idea of pulling a Mercer or Holtz is a bit of a pipe dream because there just isn’t a trade in the market that has happened like that before/in recent years. I think extracting a 1st + for a 34 year old goalie is an absolute massive W at the end of the day.