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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
No kidding! He's a very good player. But when did the teams start paying $10.5M for 20+ goals/60+ points/season producers? This is more than Ovechnkin/Crosby/Stamkos contracts. At this point, I have zero doubts, Flames are not pursuing him. There is no good way to balance the team optics of paying this kind of money for a 20-goal player against Gaudreau's or Monahan's contracts.
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- Barring career-ending type injuries, teams pay players based on the games they played, not the games they couldn't play. Look no further than Giordano's previous contract, the injuries didn't affect it.
-Over the past two seasons, Stone has played 117 games in which he has 48 goals/ and 76 assists. This effectively values Stone as a 34g 53a 87 point player.
- Additionally, Stone leads the league in takeaways by a significant margin, has elite underlying numbers right there with a Crosby, and has recieved Selke votes every year of his career
I'd argue that leaguewide he's considered more valuable than Monahan, and there are teams that might prefer him over Gaudreau, especially given the overwhelming size bias that will never fully go away.