LeafGm
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Wondering if a trade with Columbus could work. Merzlikins could be a target when korpisalo returns.
Korpisalo & Merzlikins are young, still relatively unproven and they're both cheap. They also don't have anyone in the system at the moment who's really lighting it up behind them. So it seems to make sense to just keep both and roll them out as a tandem.
Another team maybe to keep an eye on is Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry has essentially stolen Matt Murray's starting job over the past couple of months, and they still have a decent backup in Casey DeSmith signed for the next few years toiling away in the minors.
So, maybe Dubas targets Matt Murray? They do have previous connections---he was Dubas's goalie in Sault Ste Marie, and Dubas also reportedly tried to make him part of the Phil Kessel deal. So maybe he circles back around on him now.
The one extra wild card in all this is the expansion draft, and whether it'll prod some teams with two goalies that need to be protected to get ahead of things and get an asset for one of those goalie now. But that didn't seem to happen much in the lead-up to the Vegas draft.