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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I find it strange how Markstrom has almost no value, retention on Markstrom has almost no value and apparently Pospisil has little value.
Ottawa traded (at the time) the 12th overall pick (although they were tied in points with the 10th overall pick along with 2 second round picks for two full seasons of Chychrun. Ottawa was 5 points out of the playoffs with 22 games left at the time and had to pass 3 other teams and stay ahead of the two teams they were tied with to make the playoffs. They knew they were trading a high pick in a stronger draft than this years draft and still did it. I think people way over value the 10th overall pick based on recent history and how NHL teams seem to value those picks.
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Chychrun was 24 and the Sens expected to get more than two seasons out of him.
Nobody is saying Markstrom has no value. If he gets a protected 2025 1st and a B prospect that will be more than almost any goalie has returned in a trade in a decade.