Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
So your argument is "we want him but because of his age and contract we won't offer you anything of value" Lol ok. Flames will happily keep him
I wouldn't want him at his full cap hit. I've said the same about gibson. He makes top 5 money rn and top 10 money over the life of his deal, and in my estimation he isn't near either of those marks.
I don't expect it to age well (the last decade of goalies from age 34-36 hasn't been pretty, not a single one has played at a top 10 level over that span, which is what Markstrom would need to do to be worth the money).
He may have value if he can provide great goaltending this year tho without giving up any meaningful assets and win us a cup, and then NJD would eat the next 2 years which are likely ugly, and impossible to dump with his NMC
However for Calgary, there is no upside. Even in a retool you aren't competing this year or next, and then you have a 36 year old Markstrom making 6 mil in 25-26 if you are trying to compete again then. Is that helpful, probably not