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Originally Posted by Hackey
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.
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That is simply not true.
The Flames could have had Holtz and refused. They pushed for Mercer, but in the end, settled on Bahl. Pretty obvious and clear that neither team valued Holtz as high as Bahl, and they are looking pretty justified by that, based on current performance.