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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
When someone replys to my post and says something as silly as Stone's knee surgery in his sixth season as a 26 year old kept him from developing I will respond with how silly that assertion that is.
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The wording was clumsy, I'll grant you. I believe CGY12's point was that Stone's market value tanked this year because he was recovering from major surgery in his last season before becoming a UFA. For a marginal #4 defenceman on a rental, a third-round pick is reasonably fair market value. It would have cost a lot more to acquire him the previous year, when he was a top-pairing guy (albeit on a bad team) with term left on his contract. So it is silly to base a comparison of Stone vs. Larsson on the assets their respective teams gave up to acquire them.