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Originally Posted by dgibb10
To make things very clear. Fitzgerald's job is not in jeopardy in any way.
If he trades 22 year old Dawson Mercer for 34 year old Jacob Markstrom. It certainly will be.
Mercer has not and will not be on the table
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BS.
If Fitz throws away a season because he did not trade from a position of strength (centres) to close a gap in a position of disaster (goaltending) then he will very likely get fired.
Not only does he waste a full season of his core, he also has to wear the massive contract that he signed Meier to, as well as acquiring Toffoli for this season (and now trading him away).
It's not just the fans or owners who are calling him out, his own star players are talking to the media about it.
Also, Mercer comes off of his ELC this year and is going to expect a raise. It is going to be very hard to say that he doesn't deserve the money after saying he is too valuable to trade away.