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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I’m not saying you don’t move him, but there is no urgency to do so until we get a deal we like (unlikely) or we have use for the cap space. Stone is not Bouma or Brower bad at this point. The Flames are entering win now mode, and as it sits today are better with Stone than without.
It’s still very much in the air if any of the players being mentioned are superior to him as of today. Don’t get me wrong, I hope, and even think it’s possible that Stone is made irrelevant this season by our young D, but I don’t think our GM should be scrambling around trying to dump him for a bag of pucks just so we can say our 3rd pairing is cost effective five. Stone isn’t entering the same territory yet of the 3 players you named and D men are much more often in demand, given it’s a much harder position for young players to step into and be effective.
There is zero rush to move Stone now unless you like the return or you have move B pending. This type of stuff happens every preseason, for some reason some fans get super ancy about who makes the opening night roster and trade proposals to get rid of veteran X for a bag of pucks because rookie X has clearly passed them on the depth chat for 1/4 of the cost because of distant observations during meaningless games just start flying.
Don’t get me wrong, I love optimism about the youngsters, but opening night roster is a false deadline that only matters to the fans.
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Agreed. We are now entering the BT era where are finally trading from a position of strength. We can wait for the right deal when a team desperately needs a right handed top 4 because of injuries or other. Trade deadline would seem best time if our youth continues to excel and we feel we have plenty of D depth for playoffs. Hoping to get a 2nd rounder back that we lost with Hamonic deal.
Prout signing really further allows for such a trade deadline move. Prout very steady out there.