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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
Are you just going to completely ignore that Stone is a pending UFA? Sure if you can extend him then that is great but his current value is much lower than it would be if he were under contract, and the difference is very very significant. Same story on Dzingel. You don’t trade prime RFA years on a young ascending player to acquire two pending free agents.
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And I qualified the trade suggestion by saying that both the UFAs needed to have signed extensions in the can before consummating any deal. The condition was there so it was obvious what we had for the foreseeable future. We wouldn't be giving away a great asset like Tkachuk without getting a great return that makes the team stronger through the window of opportunity. Learn to read.