RWJC Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 NHL Trade Rumors: Flames & Devils Have "Renewed" Blockbuster Talks James Wilson Saturday, June 08, 2024 The Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils have reignited blockbuster trade talks centered around veteran goaltender Jacob Markstrom, months after a previous deal fell through. TSN's Pierre LeBrun reports that the two teams, who were close to an agreement before the trade deadline in February, have resumed discussions, with Markstrom willing to waive his no-movement clause to join the Devils. This willingness has added momentum to the ongoing negotiations. A significant obstacle in the previous talks was the Flames' reluctance to retain a portion of Markstrom’s $6 million annual salary cap hit, which runs through the 2025-26 season. While New Jersey remains a primary suitor, the Flames are now receiving interest from multiple other teams, complicating the trade landscape. The main sticking point remains the return price, as Calgary is firm on their valuation and is prepared to wait for an acceptable offer. The Devils, led by general manager Tom Fitzgerald, are determined to secure a reliable starting goaltender and prefer Markstrom over other options like Boston's Linus Ullmark and Anaheim's John Gibson. The Flames initially sought a significant return, including a first-round pick, top prospect Seamus Casey, and a young NHL player like Alexander Holtz. While Fitzgerald is prepared to offer his 2024 first-rounder (10th overall) and potentially Holtz, he reportedly remains hesitant to part with a player like Dawson Mercer or Casey. https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2024/06/nhl-trade-rumors-flames-devils-have.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Another goalie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Markstrom doesn't move the needle for NJ. Change my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain insano Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Marky has been a roller coaster for a couple years dealing with injuries and what not, I hope he goes to the eastern conference and succeeds tho I liked the guy when he was here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, HorvatToBaertschi said: Markstrom doesn't move the needle for NJ. Change my mind. Absolutely Marky would make a huge difference for the Devils. 10OA should do it if Flames retain a bit. Devils give up a lot of high danger chance. Marky would settle down their running around trying to stop every shot. They could play a solid D-zone where they allow shots from the outside. Marky stops those on his sleep. Devils get Marky and they will get back into the playoffs. Even though they are marshmallow soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kettlevalley Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 2 minutes ago, Alflives said: Absolutely Marky would make a huge difference for the Devils. 10OA should do it if Flames retain a bit. Devils give up a lot of high danger chance. Marky would settle down their running around trying to stop every shot. They could play a solid D-zone where they allow shots from the outside. Marky stops those on his sleep. Devils get Marky and they will get back into the playoffs. Even though they are marshmallow soft. Always the optimist Alf. Lol. Fitzgerald has been quoted as looking for more gritty players in free agency too. So maybe they get quite a bit better this off season. Their Hughes is sure softer then ours though. Heck Jack is softer then Petey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 6 minutes ago, kettlevalley said: Always the optimist Alf. Lol. Fitzgerald has been quoted as looking for more gritty players in free agency too. So maybe they get quite a bit better this off season. Their Hughes is sure softer than ours though. Heck Jack is softer than Petey. If the Devils don’t get an elite goalie like Marky they will have another bad year. Another bad year and Jack and Luke will want out. It’s a crap market. Very few care about hockey there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 So random thought but.... what if Lindy wants to follow his buddy to NJ? apparently one of the big reasons Marky went to Cowtown was their friendship. Is there someone we can poach for cheap out of NJ since they'll need a lot of cap to land both of these guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 How does a 34 year old goalie on the decline fetch that much? Surely the Devils can get Gibson or Saros for that price no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: How does a 34 year old goalie on the decline fetch that much? Surely the Devils can get Gibson or Saros for that price no? Marky still steals games, I suppose thats why? look at Bob's on FLA too, older goalies can still get it done. Plus he's on a short deal, so if it goes sideways it's not hard to move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 49 minutes ago, Bob Long said: Marky still steals games, I suppose thats why? look at Bob's on FLA too, older goalies can still get it done. Plus he's on a short deal, so if it goes sideways it's not hard to move on. Yea but that’s still a ridiculous price for a goalie you might only get two good years out of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryberg Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 hour ago, DeNiro said: How does a 34 year old goalie on the decline fetch that much? Surely the Devils can get Gibson or Saros for that price no? Right? If that's what Marky can fetch we should throw demko into the ring. 10th, Holtz, Mercer and Casey!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyBoeser Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) Go marky Edited June 8 by PeteyBoeser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Any GM moving a high 1st, and two young top prospects for a goalie who'll be 35yo next season: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck You Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Marky's just not the same without Rollie..He came in here playing with action figures and now he's back to the shell of his former self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 2 hours ago, DeNiro said: How does a 34 year old goalie on the decline fetch that much? Surely the Devils can get Gibson or Saros for that price no? This. That kind of package for Saros would make much more sense. Marky probably only has a couple more good years left whereas Saros is still in his prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) 5 hours ago, HorvatToBaertschi said: Markstrom doesn't move the needle for NJ. Change my mind. He should have been one of the three vezina nominees this season. He had the best saves above expected in the league. According to Woodley he had an unreal season. he was also if I’m not mistaken the best goalie off the rush chances and breakaways which would have helped NJ a lot this year. marky a goalie that can steal games. And with NJ they need a solid goalie and it transforms their season. i think they arE a clear playoff team with marky in net next season Edited June 8 by R3aL I said Norris Lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brodka Jr Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Devils need Sharangovich back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) 18 hours ago, R3aL said: He should have been one of the three vezina nominees this season. He had the best saves above expected in the league. According to Woodley he had an unreal season. he was also if I’m not mistaken the best goalie off the rush chances and breakaways which would have helped NJ a lot this year. marky a goalie that can steal games. And with NJ they need a solid goalie and it transforms their season. i think they arE a clear playoff team with marky in net next season Literally nothing you posted here is factual. He was 9th in goals saved above expected. Hellebuyck was 1st, Demko 2nd. He's averaged below .900 the last 2 seasons, and would be downgrading his defense, at the crisp age of 34 after multiple injuries. He does nothing for the NJ except take up cap and give them false hope. He is not the goalie we had who bailed us out relentlessly. There's a reason we let him walk. NJ doesn't have the luxury of having Demko, but they have the luxury of Ullmark and Saros both being on the market in a buyer's goalie market this offseason. Edited June 9 by HorvatToBaertschi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJC Posted June 9 Author Share Posted June 9 Latest On Jacob Markstrom June 9th, 2024 at 1:55pm CST • By Gabriel Foley The Calgary Flames are trying to move former Vezina Trophy runner-up Jacob Markstrom as discretely as possible, shares Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on the latest 32 Thoughts podcast. Friedman adds that the team was aware of the theatrics brought on by Markstrom’s trade rumors earlier this season. Markstrom publicly expressed his frustrationwith the team over his pre-Deadline speculation, amidst rumors of a pending move to the New Jersey Devils being reversed after Calgary went 9-3-0 throughout February. Markstrom posted a .928 save percentage while appearing in 10 games during the hot streak. He’d go on to post a measly .869 save percentage in 10 games following the strong stretch, floundering on a Flames lineup that went on to miss the postseason by 17 points. The second half of season felt like an encapsulation of Markstrom’s play over the last few years – with dramatically up-and-down stretches culminating in a modest stat line. He posted 23 wins and a .905 save percentage in 48 games this year – finding the same number of wins and a stronger save percentage than he did last season, despite playing in 11 fewer games. Markstrom has been a no-doubt starter for much of the last eight seasons, after joining the Vancouver Canucks in 2014 in the trade that sent Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers. Markstrom would make his first stand as a full-fledged starter in the 2017-18 season, posting 23 wins and a .912 save percentage in 60 appearances with Vancouver. He’s played in 40 or more games in every season since, totaling a .910 save percentage in 376 games. And while last season’s sub-.900 save percentage – and a tally this year that came close – have caused some to pause, it’s hard to think Markstrom isn’t bound for the lion’s share of games with whoever he may suit up for next season. That could be the New Jersey Devils, who have Markstrom as one of their top trade targets this summer, but Friedman notes they’re not the only teams involved. Friedman specifically named the Toronto Maple Leafs as a strong candidate for trade, largely thanks to Toronto now being manned by Brad Treliving, the general manager who signed Markstrom to the six-year, $36MM contract he’s currently on with the Flames. The price of a Markstrom trade could quickly test Toronto’s budget – especially as they approach a summer with just $18.83MM in cap space, with 12 pending free agents. The Leafs are also woefully juxtaposed by a Devils team willing to move the 10th-overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft for lineup improvements. That offer could be tantalizing for a Calgary team looking for a breadth of young talent. At the very least, it’s an exciting bar in a goalie market that, per Friedman, has plenty of invested teams. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/06/latest-on-jacob-markstrom.html#ref=home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) Jersey offers up 10OA and the Flames retain and Marky moves to an even smellier city. Edited June 9 by Alflives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Flames are gonna do well in a Markstrom trade imo, if they can get a 1st and a good prospect that's a win imo He ain't the future in Calgary and everyone knows it, the only real big issue is that this year's batch of UFA goaltenders isn't anything special, do they throw Wolf to the wolves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) To New Jersey: Thatcher Demko To Vancouver: New Jersey 2024 1st John Marino To Utah: Filip Hronek To Vancouver: Lawson Crouse To Tampa Bay: New Jersey 2024 1st Nils Hoglander To Vancouver: Erik Cernak Tanner Jeannot Crouse Miller Boeser Pettersson Lindholm Lekkerimaki Podkolzin Blueger Garland Jeannot Suter Karlsson Aman Hughes Cernak Zadorov Marino Soucy Myers Cole Juulsen Silovs DeSmith OEL - $2.3 million Cap works at $88 million... John Marino is our new token Italian. Can this team win the Stanely Cup? Edited June 9 by Elias Pettersson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Canuck Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Only in Franchise Mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott72 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Can they take block BUST superstar Mikheyev from Canucks? We can do them a solid and just settle for a seventh rounder or even a bag of pucks would do in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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