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Originally Posted by JTech780
He's a RFA with arb rights and is 1 season away from UFA, so if he refuses to sign a multi year extension and instead opts to go to arbitration or only wants a 1 year extension, that is him effectively telling the team that he doesn't want to be there.
If you are Stone would you want to sign long term in Ottawa. The last contract negotiations he has were quite contentious with the team low balling one of their best players. Stone holds pretty much all the leverage. Melnyk might want him traded instead of having to pay a big pay day in arbitration.
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They are probably also going to be looking for a Karlsson replacement.
As a trade idea I think it makes a lot of sense.
If you thought backlund was a defensive monster with frolik....