Seems like my guess was right and Conroy stuck to his guns and Fitzgerald was the one that gave in to Conroy's price in the end. Conroy is shaping up to be a pretty saavy GM.
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Would have preferred to keep Bahl and have moved Holtz.
The big question is if 2025 1st and Bahl is all it took to get Markstrom and retention, why didn't this get done at the TDL?
That's a total headscratcher for me.
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Originally Posted by activeStick
My guess is that Fitzgerald was not willing to give up a 1st (protected or not) for a 34 year old goaltender and Conroy wasn't going to even consider anything without a 1st to start. To me, this makes the most sense.
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