We also have this tidbit from Sec214 as well, this was a bit after the initial close trade I believe:
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Originally Posted by Sec214
I was sent a message from one of my people based in Boston, who said NJD and another team (Retention Team) were working with conroy on a trade for Markstrom again. Said it was close and then followed up with felt it was extremely close, Mercer was never put on the table however - They tried multiple ways to get it done without moving Mercer in the last 10 days. Instead it turns out it was just another attempt to see if conroy was desperate.
This was not a case of the best deal being the initial offer.
I do believe Markstrom had only been approached and consulted on NJD and no other teams. This will get resolved in the summer.
I have a pretty good intel on the whole saga, I just can’t share much but the time will come.
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