When I put in 3 million cap relief X 2 years I get a
29th overall 1st round pick in return. Source:
https://puckpedia.com/CapRelief
Markstrom's GSAA this year was top 10 in league which slipped from a much higher level pre-NJ trade noise in early March. His quality starts stopped almost completely after those rumors.
What are comparable trades of a starting goalie?
About the best you can hope for in a return for your starter, it seems, is a mid-to-high first round pick. A return like that could be great, or terrible. At the end of the day, it's an unknown commodity when you acquire it.
Source:
https://thehockeynews.com/news/tradi...hit-a-home-run
A 29th 1st round pick (retention value) and 17th 1st round pick = 10th overall per Source:
https://puckpedia.com/pickvalue
Is Markstrom's unretained value a 17th overall equivalent?
Source:
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...best-2023-2024 (Feb 15, 2024 before trade deadline)
"His numbers are off the chart," a goaltending analyst said. "He's ahead of Demko, ahead of Hellebuyck, ahead of everyone." Maybe it's an oversight or carryover from last season's dud under coach Darryl Sutter. Whatever the case, the goalie who is second in the NHL is goals saved above expected (18.4) and building a Vezina case with a .916 save percentage...