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Originally Posted by Toonage
From LeBrun's Athletic column this morning (more reiteration from yesterday than anything)
"Another team that I believe will show interest in Stone is the Calgary Flames. He’d be a great fit with the Cup-contending Flames and I don’t think the idea would be just to bring him in as a rental, either."
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It makes so much sense.
Mark Stone should not be a player that becomes available, but he is - and he fits a huge organizational void. We don't have anyone for that 2nd line RW.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm --> elite 1st line
Tkachuk - Backlund - Stone --> elite 2nd line
Bennett - Jankowski - Neal --> great 3rd line
Mangiapane - Ryan - Hathaway --> very good 4th line
Yeah, acquiring and retaining Mark Stone will spell the end of (likely) Frolik now and Brodie in the summer.
Acquiring Stone and sorting out the goalie position, in my eyes, effectively "completes" this version of the Calgary Flames. This would be the team that we compete with for the next 3-4 years.
What does it cost? I don't think you want to subtract from the main roster (outside of Frolik).
To Ottawa:
2019 1st round pick
2020 1st round pick
Michael Frolik
2020 2nd round pick or Dillon Dube
To Calgary:
Mark Stone (then extends for 7 years, around 8-9M AAV)
Ottawa then gets 3 prime assets (3 picks or 2 picks + Dube) and they then have Frolik to flip this summer or at next year's deadline. I think the value is about right. The Flames would then recoup some picks from moving Brodie at the draft.
It makes sense to me.