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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Don’t see what one has to do with the other
The Flames could have had Stone but didn’t want to give up Valimaki
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I think this is myth making. Face saving from the flames after walking away from the deadline with only fantenberg.
Couldn't trade for stone because couldn't re-sign him due to tagging room restrictions.
Cost to acquire included taking back neal which is why Tre said a couple of times that the sens were after multiple 1sts, valimaki And Andersson, but settled for brannstrom and a 2nd from Vegas.
If it was only valimaki, the flames would've pulled the trigger.
What complicated things was Calgary HAD to send back salary and Vegas didn't. As we are all seeing right now, cap space has value.