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Originally Posted by jayswin
Yep. it's the "Well we'll get the New jersey 10th OA for Markstrom but we better not be giving up Pospisal too, they can have our late first instead, but I'm hesitant to even give that up" CP fan stuff all over again, lol.
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I don’t think it’s quite as crazy as that scenario was.
1. Because unlike the Markstrom situation, Calgary has all the power this time.
2. Both sides wanted to make the trade work last time, the 10th pick was part of negotiations but never happened ultimately.
This time around the entire situation is different.
1. NJD are overplaying their hand making it known they REALLY want Andersson and it’s believed that Markstrom is probably helping.
2. Mercer is having a down year and Calgary has wanted him since the Markstrom trade went down, NJD are not as strict on moving him now.
3. Nemec and NJD are essentially done, he’s let them know he wants a fresh start somewhere else.
This gives Calgary far more leverage this time around, like a lot more.
With that said I’ve been told that if this offer was on the table it would be a done deal. Both teams have had varying levels of discussions. It’s going to take an offer like that for Calgary to move Andersson anywhere.
Craig still wants another young center, I’d also expect to see Calgary drafting centers this year so long as players available are on the same “shelf” if you will.