The problem here was not being able to convince him to sign before the trade and going at this as a rental is so risky. The Flames were not going to do that simple as that. They wouldn’t spend the price on Stone who was literally the perfect fit for this team last year and this was when they were comfortably in 1st place.
This year the Flames are on the bubble and while a top 6 forward is still very much a need they are not in a secure spot and Hall doesn’t fit nearly as well as Stone did so more risk for a worse fit.
Maybe Hall considers the Flames in the summer but having said that Treliving does his worst work when signing high priced UFA’s. I have no interest in rentals with our lack of assets so hopefully Treliving can add some long term help but please stay away from Krieder, Pageau etc.
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