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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
a 3.5 million dollar #7 defender has negative value on 31 teams in the NHL.
Who are stone's comparables in that regard? Kris Russell and Jack Johnson? Thomas Hickey, maybe?
Do you think any of those guys have positive trade value?
Truly, the blood clot is unfortunate and I hope it's not an issue for him going forward, but wasn't stone essentially the James Neal of defenders in that everyone that played with him was worse than they were without him?
If the Flames buyout Stone, is Treliving just an idiot who didn't trade a player who had value, or does that pretty much establish his value was so negative that it made more sense to buyout another player in consecutive years?
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Well #7 on one of the top 5? 3? 8? defense corps in the league isn't a league wide #7 but point taken.
But surely a Stone that was in and out of the lineup all season after getting beat out could get moved for a 6th with $1M retained.
All academic now anyway.