[Rumour] NJD willing to trade for Markstrom in offseason if deal not reached before deadline

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Azure

Business is business.

If the Flames felt they needed to gain more leverage over the Devils, good for them.

End of the day these players are being traded because they are either leaving anyways, or haven't given the Flames the team they hoped for. The only thing the Flames are obligated to do is to get the absolute best return. Boo hoo if he thinks that means they didn't 'handle' it properly.

I don't know that either of these two apply to Markstrom this season.

[traptor]

Conroys been bending over backwards for all these guys and Tre did the same thing for Gaudreau and chucky.

So tired of hearing these guys pout then #### over the team on their way out.

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by keenan87

I am sure Conroy won't love the comments by Markstrom to start a bunch of drama 1 day before the Kipper jersey retirement.

Trade our starting goalie the same day Kipper is in the building?


Yeah ... you know what I'm insinuating.

[dino7c]

I said in the other thread...the team has to take these actions because the team wasn't good enough. The business is winning, they had more than a fair chance to prove they were at least a playoff team.

All these guys wanted 8 year top dollar contracts after missing the playoffs last year and being about the same this year. Sorry guys

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by getbak

Someone edit in Conroy's face.. it's perfect.

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

I’m sure he doesn’t care.

No, I think you are pretty oblivious if you don't think Conroy cares about his comments.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by keenan87

I am sure Conroy won't love the comments by Markstrom to start a bunch of drama 1 day before the Kipper jersey retirement.

Not sure what Markstrom was thinking. Just deflect, dude... decline to comment. Should've just left it at his respect for every guy in the room to tune out the noise.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Make the ####ing trade!!!

[dino7c]

"thanks for the millions of dollars for losing hockey games, now l will give you a PR hit on the way out"

signed nearly every player that leaves the Flames

and you guys wonder why I don't love many of the ex players

[Niemo]

If Conroy wasn't thinking of trading him before, I hope this changes his mind.....

[ComixZone]

LeBrun tweet reiterating:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1763661589788434506

If the Flames can get one prime piece in this trade it's a no brainer. A 1st? Holtz? Whatever, it makes it well worth it.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Locke

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by traptor

Conroys been bending over backwards for all these guys and Tre did the same thing for Gaudreau and chucky.

So tired of hearing these guys pout then #### over the team on their way out.

I think the Markstrom situation is different. I don’t think Tre was as much of a people person as some make him out to be, at least EQ wise, as he let certain behaviors foster until they boiled over over the years during the sulky Gaureau and Tkachuk year. In Markstroms case it seems like he’s just tired of this not being done and lingering on for so long. I still have respect for him. Gaudreau and Tkachuk were immature babies and I’m glad the two as well as Tre are out. All three played the media like a fiddle.

[Paulie Walnuts]

If a trade is made its going to be after the weekend, I don't think they want a Markstrom trade to overshadow Kipper night.

Although Markstrom did the team and Kipper no favours by launching a shot at management.

[Toonage]

Kipper hates the spotlight. He'd probably enjoy this.

[howard_the_duck]

Yeah…those comments. This won’t be dragging on past the deadline.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Setting bridges alight while you're still a part of a job/organization/group is almost always the wrong way to go.

Sometimes being "fake" is hard and feels wrong, but there's a time and a place for speaking out on things.

And it's usually behind closed doors... not in front of mics and cameras.

I'm going to try to chalk it up to Markstrom's "competitive" side.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Torture

I don't know that either of these two apply to Markstrom this season.

Maybe not this year, but it has been true in the past.

End of the day the team has to net the best return possible.

[SuperMatt18]

The way that Markstrom says "Going on, and NOT going on" really makes me think that some of the players maybe think the Flames have let this drag on too long.

Maybe from both a contract and trade perspective.

But honestly that's fine...Conroy has to do what's best for the team long term even if some of it did drag on a bit or if a trade that was close ended up falling through.

And the players dragged it on too with not being super clear on their intentions on being willing to re-sign or not.

[Burning Beard]

I'm all for trading the dude. That collapse against the Oilers and the "baby" year still stick in my craw. He has been lights out this year though.