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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Well the latest rumours are Saros and the Preds both want a long term deal and the Bruins want to move Ullmark West but let's play Devils Advocate and say both those guys could be acquired. Let's start with Saros. The rumoured asking price at the trade deadline was Mercer, 2024 1st, and another top prospect. That price will not have gone down considering you are trying to convince a team that doesn't really want to trade that asset to do so. Then you need to factor in he needs a new contract, rumours are he is seeking a long term deal at around $10.5M a year.
If you can convince Boston to move Ullmark to a team that is a goalie away from being contenders for years to come and in the same conference it isn't going to come cheap. Boston is going to try and retool on the fly instead of tearing it down and Ullmark is a year removed from winning a Vezina. I imagine the ask will be similiar to the price tag the Preds are looking for. Maybe a B prospect instead of a top prospect gets it done but they are certainly going to want Dawson Mercer.
Markstrom on the other hand might be a few years older but he doesn't have a lot of milage on him as a starter as he didn't really develop into one until he was practically 30. He can probably play at a high level for another 5 years. He is on a reasonable salary for two more years and is a proven workhorse goalie. His cost to acquire is considerably lower and you can probably get him with some salary retention for only this year's first which the Devils really don't need to use at this point compared to acquiring a legit #1 goalie. Oh, and Marty Brodeur thinks Markstrom should be the target.
So assuming all three are acquirable ( I highly doubt Saros is going anywhere) it is pretty obvious in my mind which way you go.
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Your cost/benefit analysis is correct, however, I still don’t see NJ moving that 10th OA pick unless we are taking back some major salary. I think New Jersey would be doing everything they can do retain the 10th OA pick, select a top prospect, and offer Holtz and 2025 1st instead. Which honestly, I’d be A okay with, since we already have a 1st from Vancouver in this draft. And there’s so much depth in this draft where our 28th OA pick can potentially be just as good as who we were going to select at 10.