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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
It doesn't matter if he got less than he was asking for. It only matters if he got less than was offered at the deadline. Is there any indication that's the case?
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No evidence, no. And since we rarely get details of trades that were never completed, we’ll likely never known.
It stands to reason that Markstrom had more value to the Devils when he could push them into the playoffs than after the 2023-24 season was written off (3 playoffs > 2 playoffs). And by the offseason, with more goalies on the market, Conroy had to worry about the Devils going with a plan B option. The fact the Devils demanded and got salary retention in the summer, when it wasn’t a deal-breaker earlier, suggests the valuation and leverage shifted.