Quoting: nativewulf
The link wasn't to the episode, but I was mistaken. He didn't mention Holtz in that episode of the Jeff Marek show. It was on 32 Thoughts where he expanded on comments he made on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday. In none of it does Freidman mention Holtz by name. The speculation that he was part of the package comes from his elevation to the first line when the Devils played Calgary and that Calgary is very interested in him specifically. But another insider Seravalli also suggested something similar. Again nothing mentions Holtz directly by name as a part of the package just references to high end prospects and the cost being too much for NJ. Here's an article that covers Freidman's words on Sportsnet, https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-rumour-roundup-can-the-devils-work-out-a-big-trade-for-markstrom-or-saros/. And then the timestamp from his podcast, 32 Thoughts and its the Monday episode timestamp is 31:59.
But my original point still stands all you have to Google is Elliot Freidman Markstrom Trade Rumors and the first five articles reference what I'm telling you, and they're mostly NJ Devils fan sites so this information is readily available and constantly referenced by serious reporters and insiders. Take the time to do some research or listen to the insiders' podcasts so you can understand that no one on here is throwing stuff out there because they thought it up. Most of these ACGMs are based on rumors from well respected insiders or reported on fan site articles that do the same
I have seen all of the rumours and such. Since the claim was that NJD put holtz+1st on the table, I expected something meaningful rather than speculation jumbled together from various different articles and comments combined.
I have seen Holtz thrown around in speculation. I have seen a 1st+package thrown around in different speculations.
From what I can see it seems like fans are trying to combine the speculation around 2 separate packages into getting the best of both worlds.
And so I have still yet to see anything to suggest that Holtz+1st would be on the table, let alone without retention like the other user claimed.