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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Horrible comparison. Schneider was also 26 years old at the time. He was also coming off of three consecutive years of .927 or better goaltending. Markstrom is 34 and is coming off three years of inconsistent play, including that meltdown against the Oilers. There's a difference between coughing up a top 10 pick for a guy with another decade of play ahead of him rather than a guy with a couple years left in the tank. Let's be honest about this. A goaltender this old has never been moved for a top 10 pick.
Is Fitz the GM possibly a little desperate right now? Sure. Desperate enough to trade a top 10 pick for a couple years of a goaltender on the downward slope of his career and the end of his playing days nigh? If Markstrom was a longer-term solution and didn't have the Oiler debacle with that following season on his resume, then maybe Fitz pulls the trigger. Seems like way to big a risk, but sometimes guys under fire make stupid decisions. I don't see it. There has to be a lot more to the mix here if a deal is being discussed. Calgary is the team kicking in here and adding a lot IMO.
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Three years of inconsistent play? Meaning one off year surrounded by a Vezina calibre year and a really good one. He’s far more proven than Schneider.
Schneider was a contract issue, much more so than Markstrom. The Devils were not guaranteed of a decade of play (and didn’t get one). They were guaranteed two years of play for their pick.
You wanted an exact match with age, salary, etc?