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no because they cant afford his 6 mil contract,THEY HAVE NO MONEY.but marky was a vezina finalist 2 yrs ago and is a legit starting goalie.conroy isnt giving him to the leafs for nothing so they can tank.and thats what your ridiculous trade proposed.marky will probably end up in new jersey,but the flames will actually get something for him,not this silly deal.
the money thing is irrelevant... since Klingberg's injury, they have money, and it's a less than 3M difference vs the 4M off the books
And Jersey is gonna chase Gibson, who's the superior option, and the two are a really good match.
That leaves you Carolina (no cash unless inj happens) and Colorado (no cash unless inj happens), and Buffalo, who wants a 1 year solution
Other possibility is Detroit, but nobody knows what the hell Yzerman is thinking
Now it's not to say none of these teams can make the trade, but they're all going to wait.
Now Calgary's options are sell low to NJ at salary retained, and even then, NJ uses that as leverage to get Gibson's price down, or sell a little higher to Toronto who needs a goalie fix pretty fast with Woll still out.
I don't think this trade in particular will happen, but I do think it "SHOULD" be entertained. Remember that it BENEFITS the Flames to get rid of this guy, their goal is to get as much as they can and I don't think it's going to be a 1st round pick. Will it be Abruzzese? Who the hell knows? Could be a lot of different players, but at best, a 2nd rounder + other minor transactions