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Originally Posted by transplant99
Just what i have heard and reading between the lines....the retention part is a separate issue.
Conroy already had the "pieces" of the deal to be able to go to Markstrom with, and Holtz was the only "name" player.
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Pierre Lebrun updated on the 14th that though the teams had talked that Markstrom has not been asked to waive his NMC yet so I am not sure how he has gone to Markstrom with it. Markstrom's own comments when asked about the noise after the loss to San Jose seems to confirm that as well. Maybe there is stuff I have not heard but the one constant I have heard since this all started blowing up is the hard line for the Flames is Dawson Mercer, everything else is negotiable but not the inclusion of Mercer. The Devils have shopped Holtz around before, if the only roster player was Holtz and the Flames were ok with that I think this deal would have got over the finish line already.