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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Yeah.
Markstrom left the Flames. Their goaltending got better
If he made Devils better, then they got better
No other team was impacted
Who exactly got worse?
Being a GM isn’t a zero sum game
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Every other team was impacted. Better and worse is measured in wins and losses. If the Flames and the Devils both got better, that came at the expense of other teams getting worse. A team can make absolutely no moves and get worse just as a result of other teams improving. Because every win is another team’s loss.
But again, this is about signing free agents, so the trade thing muddles it a bit.
If the Devils have a star free agent that they refuse to pay up for, another team will sign that free agent. That team gets better, the Devils get worse.