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Originally Posted by midniteowl
This reminds me of another brothers combo, didn't Scott Niedermayer signed with the Ducks because his brother Rob was on the team. I might've remembered incorrectly, Flames was heavily pursuing him and was very close at signing him but he at the end chose the Ducks because of his brother?
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I'm pretty sure we had the bad brother...but that was many moons ago.
I get it, a bargaining chip is a bargaining chip. If the money's the same, and the team is as good, playing with his brother might be enough to make up his mind. It's something, but often not enough on its own.
I was running the math in another thread, and I don't think the Flames can even offer Stone a contract unless they are willing to cut bait with Bennett and Ryan, or Neal, or Frolik. One of the contracts you'd be looking to move out to bring Stone in is his brothers...and that's a little awkward.