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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
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.
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Calgary could have added Stone without having to move a lot of money at the deadline. IIRC they could have added a 6.5 M player and Stone was making 7.5...so even just sending down one of the waiver exempt guys would have covered last years issue.
That thing fell apart when it was clear that no deal was happening unless Valimaki was part of the package, and that it would take well over 10 million to get Stone to sign.