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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I pointed this out yesterday and thought more about it and, yeah, I would even argue the market might actually be better in the summer, primarily because Markstrom is a starting goaltender with term. That’s a very tough thing to fit in at the TDL, and for NJ specifically, I don’t see the fact that Markstrom can’t save this season to be a deterrent. Teams that want him will want him for the term, and two months doesn’t change that at all.
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I hope so and would be happy to be wrong.
With trade deadline brings desperation mode, and GMs do panicky things that inflate prices. Especially ones who've just fired a coach and appear to be taking some heat themselves.
I worry that without that variable, we go back to a sterile goalie trade market that, all of a sudden, has more teams looking to use goalies as trade chips. And the potential buying teams can take back some leverage by saying "we'll take a wait-and see" approach with what they have.