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Originally Posted by 868904
Markstrom for Mercer is closer to Schneider for 9th overall (Bo Horvat). Schneider was a superior asset being younger with lower salary / cap hit cost.
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Bo Horvat was a superior asset with lower salary / cap hit cost.
I'm mostly being glib but it's true. Mercer's ELC runs out this year and he's going to want to (and will) get paid. The Devils have already extracted his maximum surplus value. Now a team that can sign him longterm (like 7/8 years long) can still get plenty of surplus value from him but not the highway robbery value that an ELC brings.