Honestly, I go to New Jersey.
I go to New Jersey and I paint the picture of 'you had essentially three PPG players on your team. You had a guy who would of had almost 100 points if he played the full season. You have one of the most dynamic young defence corps in the entire NHL. The team was a top ten shot generating club in the league, a team that statistically should have outscored their opponents every night, yet you couldn't get a goalie to give you a 900 save percentage, or make a big save. You had a bottom 5 save percentage in the entire league this year.'
I know the talks broke down between them, but honestly, Markstrom + 29 or w/e the Van pick ends up being for pick 10 isn't too far off in my humble opinion. Markstrom was the only reason this team was remotely looking competitive for portions of the year this year. Even with a depleted defense, and nothing to play for for the last 1/4 of the season he still managed a a better GAA and SV% than any of the Devils goalies that played 10 or more games.