I don't think starting Wolf would tell the league you are desperate to trade Markstrom. At this point it is about our future and getting him some valuable playing time.
I am a big Markstrom fan, I have his jersey. But both parties have to see the writing is on the wall. He is aging and has 2 years left on his contract, during which we are unlikely to be competing for a playoff spot.
It just doesn't make sense to keep Markstrom unless we can't get any value for him. And the only thing playing him right now can do is lower his value (because he was playing like a top 5 goalie in the league up until the deadline).
The playoff push never made much sense to me, because we have only 3 NHL level defensemen (on a good team). We have a lot of #6, 7 and 8 guys right now, and I think they covered that pretty well on After Burner.
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