I get it in the sense this team has battled all year and after their horrendous 2-7-1 start they are 27-18-4 which is a 97pt pace. The fact they have done this well despite trading Zadorov and Lindholm (Tanev now, Hanifin soon) they want to keep the reason they are in the mix on the team. I also agree with those who are saying this is a ploy to have other teams up their offers since they have taken less returns on the Dmen they moved out (although they nailed the Lindholm trade).
I also see this as frustrating considering if they move Markstrom in addition to Hanifin they will certainly tank hard over the final 20 games and get into the top 10 of the upcoming draft and keeping Markstrom likely results in that 12-16th pick which is a very common range for the team since 2010.
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