So much to say....but realism stops at Palat waiving his NMC

Better add a lot of retention for that to be even close to realistic

Not with Palat in there. Remove Palat and Calgary retains 50% on Markstrom. Alternately remove both Palat and Holtz and Calgary retains 50% on Mangiapane.

Thanks for doing a Devils ACGM…but trade is rough for NJD. And Mercer should sign a bridge or long-term, but not 4 years (which takes him straight to UFA).

i get a lot of hate for certain trades/contracts (im not calling you out) but im just doing what I realistically think will happen for each team. sometimes i miss value contracts (say mercer 4 yrs) because im not super tuned into each team. trying to get 32 teams down is a lot but if i do this series later on ill definitely think it out a bit more

The Devils and Flames got deep into Markstrom talks during the season. According to multiple writers, it went as far as Calgary asking him to waive his NTC and he agreed. The reported price was Alex Holtz for Markstrom with about one-quarter to one-third if his salary retained ($1.5m to $2m). While GM Conroy approved it, Flames ownership nixed the deal. Since then, his game fell off considerably (I guess one could expect as they dealt away Zadorov, Tanev and Hanifin). He also blocked a trade to Los Angeles. And obviously now there are two years, not three, remaining on deal.

So even if Markstrom’s value was the same this summer as it would have been in February…one would have to view the price for Mangiapane as worth the balance of the package. And one would have to believe Palat would waive his NTC.

I think another deal that Flames fans have liked is using Markstrom to move up from Vancouver 1st to New Jersey 1st (with some other pieces attached).

Also, Gostisbehere is probably not a target for us, as we get plenty of offense out of our dmen already. Need a clean-passing, LHD who defends well with his skating.