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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
It completely sounds like a deal was there. If there was no deal why was Markstrom approached and why did he admit he thought he was not going to leave New Jersey with the team? If there was no deal why would Bean have to take the deal to Edwards and then nix it? There was a deal there and everything points to the deal needing approval on retention. The approval didn't happen and the deal had to be reworked without retention, and that appeared to be where the reduction in draft pick came in. I don't understand the denial here? Why is it hard to believe that the deal was agreed to on terms but couldn't get done because of ownership not wanting to retain?
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Apparently you don't know how deals work. If you don't have authority you can't make a deal.
Again, it sounds like Holtz was an OK price for retention in Conroy's mind. But not as a compensation for Markstrom.