I actually find the delusion in people who think Markstrom has value at age 34, has a full NMC to dictate where he can go, and has been a meh ~.900 SV% goaltender for the last few seasons is worth a $6M cap hit and big assets. The Kings have been able to get better goaltending from guys worth $1M or less this season statistically.

Put markstrom with a better team than the flames his stats will go up. He was great until we traded all our players at the deadline and then the team is even worse his stats will take a hit.

Probably correct, but he's 34 and still signed for more years. It's a risk and LA isn't as desperate at goal as they were last season.