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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Looking at on-ice factors only, it's a trade that would make a lot of sense, you are correct. I'd still be hesitant of giving up a young future number 1 defenseman.
But Stone's an RFA for one more year, he could be gone by 2020. And even if he does sign, take a look at RFA players around the league that signed recently like Eichel (10), Draisaitl (8.5), Kuznetzov (7.8) and Johanasen (8). Centers(ish) list so not a direct comparable, but Stone is a point-per-game player (or was this season) with solid defensive abilities. At this point the lowest he should be signing for is 8M. If he's willing to sign for Gaudreau's contract, it's a no brainer but that's probably not the case.
Hamilton@5.75M>Stone@9M
Hamilton@5.75M=Stone@8M
Hamilton@5.75M<Stone@7M
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I see what you're saying but we're talking about improving the forward depth, and to get value you'd need to give up value. I like Dougie and would rather not trade him but it kind of makes sense given our defensive depth.