I'm fine with Conroy holding firm on Markstrom. Getting Mercer for him would be fantastic and should be the deciding factor. If NJ wants us to retain on top of that, there is a further asset cost (Seamus Casey was the rumour).
Hanifin to Florida for Lundell also sounds like a great target and return to prioritize.
Tanev for a 1st will get done and a team that needs him will regret not paying when they lose in the playoffs due to their defensive holes (see: Toronto).
If Conroy can pull it off and add Mercer and Lundell to this team's centre depth, plus a couple 1sts, and ideally adding Casey to last month's addition of Brzustewicz gives the team a couple lottery ticket offensive Dmen, it would be hard not to consider his 1st year a huge success in terms of asset management.
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