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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
This thread isn't about Valimaki or Stone, but I'll say that I would have been fine dealing Valimaki for a Stone signed at closer to $8. Bumping that up to $9.5 is a critical distinction and it completely changed my perspective on the trade. I personally thought the rumoured $$$ ask for Stone was inflated by the Ottawa situation and he would sign for less elsewhere. I was wrong.
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Then you underrate Valimaki IMO. Flames see him as a future core player. He's probably about as untouchable as anybody on the Flames. Top pairing upside. You don't trade young players like that. It's unclear whether he or Hanifin ends up the better player.
Some people apparently massively underrate Valimaki. I'm surprised anybody would be fine with trading him at all.