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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
Take it for what it's worth, but NHL radio this morning said that originally the trade was close but NJ wanted retention with their offer (Calgary wanted extra than the verbally agreed deal for retention). They couldn't agree on the value of retention, so Calgary walked away.
When NJ came back (without retention), it was assumed that Calgary's view on trading Markstrom had changed (perhaps from Markstrom's frustrations?). From this I assume that NJ's original offer expected retention and that was the hang up.
Not sure if that's anything new but makes sense.
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Makes sense based on what we know. A deal was likely close, Markstrom was asked to waive and agreed, maybe Conroy took the deal for final approval and was told if we're retaining we need more, Jersey gets pissed about this and the deal falls apart, Markstrom is pissed now because he assumed the final piece of the deal was his approval, everything goes quiet, Jersey comes back and says will do the deal no retention if that was a sticking point, Flames are now reluctant to go back to Markstrom after how everything played out. Also, trading UFAs is easy when your not in a playoff spot. Trading your MVP with term is a tougher call. One they should make but here we are.