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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The return Nashville wanted for Saros before they decided he was off market was Mercer plus a 1st, plus a prospect. Boston can use some help going forward up the middle and on wing, guess what they are going to ask for? It seems teams that have that #1 goalie are targetting Mercer in the return and NJ is hesitant to include him. That's fine but have fun with Jake Allen as your #1 next year. Mercer is going to need to get paid soon and he isn't really a key component for the Devils moving forward. I would not be surprised at all to see the base of a deal being around Markstrom and Mercer with other pieces involved to balance it out.
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I kind of get why they would be hesitant to include him for Markstrom due to Markstrom's age.
But for Saros or Ullmark I don't get why they'd be so hesitant to include Mercer.
Lots of potential...but he also was playing 3rd line winger for them for much of this season. And you have Hughes / Hischier as your centers for the foreseeable future.
Get the goalie like Saros or Ullmark and you have a chance to win the cup with or without Mercer.