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Originally Posted by Inferno
Order doesn't really matter when it comes to rebuilding. You just start getting rid of players when you get an offer you like.
If Holtz and/or Mercer were involved in discussions it then it's not a futures trade. It's a partial futures trade. You're getting both present and future assets.
Yes, Conroy explored the possibility of trading Markstrom if the right offer was made but he wasn't trying to actively get rid of him.
It's at a point now though where moving him would be just as beneficial to him as it would the team. He's not getting any younger and the team won't be contenders within the next two season either. And it gives Wolf an opportunity to take over the starting spot sooner than he would have if he backed up Markstrom and then took over.
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I am not getting into that whole Holtz/Mercer fiasco again, but trading your #1 goalie to tells me he is rebuilding.
Like I said, this is a forced rebuild. I think once he realized he wasn't signing Lindholm and Hanifin, and teams being interested in Markstrom he was open to trading him. Don't think that was the plan going into the season.
Once you look at what is left after the trades, there is no one to retool around. Keeping Lindholm and Hanifin we are still in the same boat no one to retool around.