The one thing that makes me nervous about Stone is we've already got Tkachuk, Monahan, and Neal that are mediocre-to-bad skaters in prominent roles. I think it's clear Peters has figured out Tkachuk needs a good skater on his opposite wing, which is why Frolik and Bennett have worked better than Neal. I worry that we'd run into the same problem with Stone where we'd have a second line with 3 good players that's less than the sum of its parts. That said, Stone is a phenomenal player and he could easily be good enough to overcome that.
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