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Originally Posted by flamesgod
I never heard Bahl’s name in the rumours last year. I heard Holtz plenty, and people were wishing for Mercer. Not the same thing at all. I also heard the Flames would have to retain a bunch of salary. If the deal wasn’t better in the summer, Conroy wouldn’t have pulled the trigger. He didn’t need to trade Markstrom.
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Bahl or Holtz it's pretty similar value. Holtz probably a slight edge. Flames ended up retaining salary anyways. And sure he didn't need to trade Markstrom but I think Markstrom had one foot out the door based on how he reacted to the trade that didn't go through.
As far as Andersson goes I think this deadline or off season is the best time to deal him. We waited on Hanifin and that return was pretty bad for the player. You wait until the last second to trade Andersson and you could be in a similar situation. Just my preference to get the deal done earlier where you actually have some leverage and a team gets him for more than one playoff run.