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Old 04-16-2024, 02:51 PM   #1512
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by saillias View Post
They can decide they're ending the relationship all they want but they should also know by now the value is not there for your assets in the summer. It's there at the trade deadline. Conroy went through this last year. Listening to local media they've alluded to it - Steinberg suggested the offer for Hanifin last summer was a 3rd for example. What they're really doing is punting to next deadline IMO.
Goalies are a bit different. If you haven't got a decent starting goalie, you can't just wait till the deadline to add one. By that time, your season is already lost.

The Devils could have had Markstrom in time to save their season, but they dithered and dithered and farted around, and by deadline day they were out of the race. The smart move would have been to acquire a goalie as soon as they knew they needed one.
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