I am actually of the opinion right now that the Flames should keep Markstrom. The offers aren't very good.
I like the point that Noodles made the other day - there will be teams in the playoffs this year that lose because of poor goaltending. Ullmark will be available in the off-season, but there will be more teams trying to improve goaltending than there will be available goaltending.
I also read somewhere that scoring has gone up and the average SV% has gone down over the last couple of years has been attributed to a bunch of really good goalies retiring. I hadn't thought of that.
At any rate, the market just hasn't been great. I wanted Markstrom to be traded now, but I would have to believe that if the offer was actually decent, it would have happened already. Just wait until the off-season.
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