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Originally Posted by Flames_F.T.W
Markstrom was untradeable last season and now he has a ton of value based on the season he's having. Now that we've traded away half of our top 4, my fear is that Markstrom is exposed and struggles down the stretch. What if he's terrible the last 20 games? Maybe that doesn't change NJs opinion on him or affect their appetite to make a deal, but maybe it worries them and they decide they're better off spending assets on someone younger than 35 year old Markstrom who has been pretty inconsistent one year to the next
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I don't think team GM's value players with the level of recency bias that fans do. Devils have scouted Markstrom and know what they'd be getting at this point, 20 games changes nothing.