http://www.theprovince.com/touch/st...anwest/F6949+(The+Province+-+Canucks+/+Hockey)It’s believed Markstrom, who wants to play in the NHL with his $1.2 million cap hit, asked for the Canucks to trade him if they can after the Ryan Miller signing.
The Canucks have explored trades and there is interest from at least three teams.
“That situation could work itself out over the summer,” Benning said. “The teams that are interested may have to move out another guy.
“We’re exploring that for Jacob. But if that doesn’t happen, Jacob comes to camp. He has a good attitude. He understands the situation.
“Look at Minnesota last year. They went through about five goalies.”
Whoever snags him has to keep him on their roster for a set amount of time. Thus opening up one of their goaltenders to waivers unless he fulfills the waiver-exempt rule. That means that that team has to be able to absorb the cap hit which a lot of teams aren't able to.
Personally I don't think he's going to be taken off waivers.
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Waive Markstrom just before the season opener and it's highly unlikely anyone claims him.
Rosters will be set by then and, if anyone else claims him they will have to put him on the roster.
If they try and send him down, he has to go back on waivers.
Wasn't Stanton claimed a couple weeks before the season started?
I'd keep Markstrom as the 3rd goalie.
His biggest weakness is leakiness and he can work on that with our goalie coach this season. Miller gets 50, Lack gets 27, Markstrom gets his 5.
So you'd want to waste a roster spot for the entire season on a guy who is only going to play 5 games?
Not to mention how completely horrendous that would be for Markstrom's development.
What we need to do is trade Miller for Antti Niemi. The Sharks want an upgrade in goal and Miller would be that upgrade. We want a shorter contract so that Lack can start next year.Interested to know what everyone thinks about our Goalie Situation? Rather what is going to happen with Lack/Markstrom.
Since Cannata and Eriksson are signed for this year, it doesn't make sense to have 3 goalies in Utica. It also makes no sense to have 3 Goalies up here....
Does Lack or Markstrom get the boot?
If Markstrom is waived, does that mean Eriksson is on the way out, since Cannata just got re-signed?
So we can keep Lack, Marks and Miller all on the NHL team ? Might as well keep them. Lack won't get enough in trade. It's not worth trading him or Marks.I voted to trade Lack. Lack has good trade value and can either bring back a pick (2nd ?) or be packaged for more (Lack + Hansen + Higgins + pick= Ladd, Kane or Byfuglien ?
Markstrom has little trade value now, but if properly coached, in 2 or 3 years\ he has a far greater upside than Lack. In the meantime he should be able to handle back-up duties.
We do have enough cap space though to keep both on the roster and not trade either until teams start realizing they need a goalie (usually around Christmas)
What if Miller sucks more then Lack.None of the above. Markstrom gets waived and claimed. Its not what I want to happen, but it is what I see as the most likely situation. For me ideally I would like to keep all 3 up, and to trade Lack at the deadline if he establishes some sort of value by that point.
But to avoid the Schneider fiasco happening again I'd probably trade lack sooner rather than later.
Trade Lack
I'd keep Markstrom as the 3rd goalie.
His biggest weakness is leakiness and he can work on that with our goalie coach this season. Miller gets 50, Lack gets 27, Markstrom gets his 5.
I think Eriksson could be a decent mentor for Markstrom, despite their similarity in age.
Eriksson was a big success in the AHL last year. Obviously he has figured out the transition to North American hockey a little better than Markstrom. If we can sneak Markstrom through waivers, it would be nice if Eriksson can pass on some of that knowledge.
By the way, Utica fans would be so pissed if we traded Eriksson to make room for Markstrom.
Markstrom outperformed Joacim in the AHL (number wise) last year, won the goalie of the month award just before he got traded here and has been playing well in the AHL since 2010. Eriksson is not a better goalie than Jacob.
As Botch reports, Marky will likely be traded. I'm curiosa as of which 3 teams are interested. Any guesses?
Goalies don't return much. There is no way of getting good value for him so screw that idea.
We traded Loungo, Schnierder and lack and got Matthius, a 1st and a 4th in return ? Blah blah blah
Markstrom has put up very solid numbers in the AHL for multiple seasons now. It is strange that it hasn't translated into NHL success.
This.
Waive Markstrom just before the season opener and it's highly unlikely anyone claims him.
Rosters will be set by then and, if anyone else claims him they will have to put him on the roster.
If they try and send him down, he has to go back on waivers.