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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I think he might be referring to retention on Markstrom ie spending millions on a player that won’t be part of your hockey ops.
So maybe he means Bean didn’t sell well enough to Edwards or something? I dunno.
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Maybe, though I think retention is still "hockey ops". We doi know the deal hinged over retention and compensation. I speculate the ask for Markstrom retained was 1st/Holtz/Mercer. NJD said no and offered 1st/Holtz for Markstrom not retained. Calgary said 1st/Mercer and the deal fell there.