[SuperMatt18]

So I'm going use this site a lot over the next week but Puckpedia has a great tool that shows the value of retention and taking on salary.

So this is likely where a Markstrom trade gets tough...

Let's say the relative offer for the Devils for Markstrom is Holtz + 2nd....(just to keep things a bit conservative to start).

If the Devils want the Flames to take back Vanecek...the relative value of that is a 2nd round pick (~36th overall) if you consider him to be strictly a cap dump.

Then if the Devils also want retention on Markstrom:

25% = 2nd round pick; ~40th overall.
50% = 1st round pick; ~27th OV

So let's say the Devils do want 50% retention and for the Flames to also take Vanecek...then that makes the deal something like:

Markstrom (50% retention)

for

Holtz
Vanecek
1st Round Pick
2nd Round Pick
2nd Round Pick

If it's 50% retention without Vanecek included then its:

Markstrom

for

Holtz
1st
2nd round pick

And that's actually considering a pretty conservative asking price for Markstrom himself of Holtz+2nd.

So I could see where they may be having a hard time completing this trade...depending on how you value Markstrom, contract retention, and potentially Vanecek as a cap dump (if applicable) ...it gets pretty to be a pretty rich cost.