I'm a little late to this party but I'm perfectly fine with the Flames going into the playoffs with this lineup. The asking prices were too high for the flavour-of-the-month type guys, and while it would have arguably made them better in the short term, there is a need to sign some of the existing players. It would've been cap hell had Stone signed that deal. The others were purely rentals and that wouldn't have been worth the compensation they went for. I'm happy as this team is good enough to contend for it without hugely sacrificing their future.
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