Reading some of the trade grades it is not favorable for the Flames. If Markstrom was NJ or bust then this is a decent deal but from the sounds of it he was open to other teams. I assume this was the deal that was done last year but when the $2M retention came into play there likely was some pause because it feels like they should have got more.
Glass half full after the 22-23 season it would have cost significant assets to dump Markstrom and a year later they get a 1st and young NHL Dman and dump $4M of cap hit for 2 years.
Had the Flamea added 28 would have they got the 10th pick? Maybe but also maybe they didn’t want that and preferred having 2 1sts for future flexibility to make other trades?
Hopefully like the last deal with the Devils hopefully the player we got back exceeds most fans expectations just like Sharangovich did last season and Bahl looks like a legit top 4 guy in the making next year.
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