NJD should be looking for 20 minutes a night of a shutdown dman who kills penalties.

Hughes-Marino
Siegs-Hamilton
_____-Nemec

All pairings get 20 minutes a night. Played in different situations.

Carolina model

Yep. Vitek sucked. Good thing he is gone.

Kahkonen and Allen were good in NJD. Between them, Schmid and Daws you can get mediocre/quality goaltending. Then you build an elite dcore around it

If they would accept this, why wouldn’t they just accept it from the Flames themselves?

Let's take a look at these teams

OTT: They are going to move Korpisalo to backup at $4m? Who is trading for him at this point? Maybe they'd like to, but too many moves would have to happen there, so I'd take them out.
EDM: They will probably have to move such expensive assets to dump Campbell it takes them out as having very valuable assets to then acquire an Ullmark. Maybe they are in on less expensive guys like Gustavsson, but I can't see how they dump Campbell and can go get a Ullmark or Saros.
Colorado: That Nichuskin issue is going to hurt that cap as they still can't over spend because he will be back during the season. They are going into cap hell, how are they dumping Georgiev and finding a way to squeeze in an expensive goalie
CAR: They would have to move Anderson first, could be the fall back prize for the EDM or COLs out there. Then they could go for a big prize like Ullmark, sure. This is a team that could be in the running.
Toronto: If Markstrom can't handle CGY, imagine him in TOR. If CGY ate half, sure, but would he be TOR's first choice?
Let's throw LAK in here too: Markstrom reportedly declined to waive to go there. A Byfield extension will take away a good chunk of cap room, but they can be in for a mid-tier goalie.

Goalies likely out there: Markstrom, Ullmark, Gustavsson, Knight (I can't see how FLA survives the cap squeeze with him making as much as he does), Gibson, Jarry, Merzlinkins, and then if as stated early CAR moves out a goalie to get Ullmark, then Anderson is out there. Do all those teams have to move goalies? No, but time is ticking on any value and some of those teams like ANA with Gibson aren't getting any better with him, his backup outplayed him.

So how many teams really would be in on Markstrom that he would command such a price? Not many by my count.

Just to add, Markstrom is fair at best at 6m. Teams don't give up good picks to trade for this type of goalie. There are lots of good UFA goalies this summer....cheaper than 6m and don't anything to acquire.

Kahkonen at 2.5+4.6 mill dman>>>>>Bahl at 1.1+Markstrom at 6 I agree

Haha, if NJ trades their 1st for Markstrom Calgary will be receiving it not Montreal. Montreal will not get 9 and 10 for 5 even if they offered to retain 50% on Markstrom.

NJ doesn't do Markstrom for 10th overall alone, MTL helps provide value by giving up their other 1st round pick. Calgary essentially gives up a goalie they're already trying to trade and 9th to move up four spots.

Calum Ritchie + the Avs 2024 1st for 50% retention and Calgary eating Georgiev's last year. Colorado would actually gain 400k in cap space.

Cool, I'd be glad to see that happen. Getting a 1st for eating Georgiev AND eating 50% on Markstrom can make sense, far more than straight up for a top 10 pick.