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Originally Posted by Fire
You have to factor in the salary cap when considering trades. It's not just trading Valimaki for Stone. It would be trading a salary controlled Valimaki for the next 7 years for about 5 to 7 years of a winger that will receive close to $10 million per season. Not to mention that Valimaki has the potential to be a #1 defenseman. That would be some really poor asset management and I doubt Treliving would ever do it.
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We've been talking about Mark Stone for our 1st and every notable prospect in the organization. And we've been hemming and hawing if it's worth it or not.
If the ask was simply Valimaki for a signed Stone, that's as easy as New Jersey saying yes to Hall for Larsson.