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Originally Posted by Fire
Except there is basically 0% chance Stone would be a Flame after this season. Of course if they could convince Stone to sign a real nice deal then it's a no-brainer to include Dube, but Dube for a rental is a terrible idea.
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If the Flames get Mark Stone, they should move heaven and earth to try to re-sign him. Keeping him would allow the Flames to have 5 top-30 forwards in the NHL. If T.J. Brodie and Michael Frolik are offseason casualties... well, so be it. Good teams lose players to keep core pieces, and Stone would instantly be one of the Flames' most important players.
Look at the Leafs... they lost JVR, Bozak, and Komarov this summer just to make sure they could get Tavares. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made.