Markstrom Trade Could Be Mehta’s First Clean Win

Jacob Markstrom has become the kind of goalie name that can turn a quiet front office into a pressure cooker, and Sunny Mehta knows that better than most. The whole story hangs on whether New Jersey decides this is the right time to move a veteran who still carries real value around the league. If Mehta can pull it off early, it would send a message inside the organization that the new regime is not waiting around for permission.