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Originally Posted by Duffalufagus
I’m super high on valimaki’s prospects. Glad to have him (and cheap for a couple of years). But I think you underestimate Stone. Guy is an established elite two way ppg player on A dog #### team. He is impact. Sure thing. And in his prime. Way more valuable than Valimaki
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I mean Montour just got the Ducks a first round pick plus an NHLer so to say a possible top pairing Dman won’t hold more value than Stone in 3-4 years time is non-sense. Look at Edmonton, getting top pairing Dmen is hard, that’s why you don’t trade prospects who have the chance to become one. Top pairing Dmen are without a doubt the hardest for teams to produce, we’ve been fortunate with Gio and less so with goaltending but look around the league and see how many teams desperately need a true top end Dman. The team also has Gaudreau and Monahan that are going to need fat raises in 3-4 years time if the flames want to retain them plus Tkachuk this offseason, plus what ever other raises the flames will have to give out which is the result of being a top team. Trading a controllable high end asset in Valimaki for a $9.5 million player very much complicates things and changes the composition of our team completely. Frankly, it’s not a move you make in the first year of being good.
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