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Originally Posted by ComixZone
This is some pretty far reaching speculation. Stone controls his own destiny - he doesn't have to sign with Vegas any more than he has to sign with us. Fact is, Stone has connections to Calgary already - so if he signs here, there's no grounds for penalization unless there are hard facts.
Flames won't be changing who they protect based on a UFA d-man.
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I wouldn't say reaching. Here are the facts:
1) Treliving has said he won't mortgage the future this deadline
2) Treliving gave away a 3rd for a player this deadline, but we should assume this trade was not a mortgage of the long term
3) Treliving gave away a CONDITIONAL pick stipulated on Stone RE-SIGNING
4) Bettman released a statement stating teams will be punished for trying to circumvent the expansion draft by avoiding resigning pending free agents until after the expansion draft.
So by deductive reasoning, we know the Flames intend on signing Stone (hence the condition and statements) and cannot do so after the expansion draft. Since when did deductive reasoning = reaching?