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Originally Posted by blankall
Was it clear Stone was not going to sign?
The only thing I saw was that Stone gave no indication of his intentions to sign post trade, and it was a bit of a surprise that he did sign right away in Vegas.
Either way, it's obviously a hindsight argument, to state Calgary should have thrown a bunch of large assets at Stone. However, I do think it makes a difference as to how the Flames are perceived in future negotiations with upcoming UFAs.
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Clear to who? The fans or BT as he's talking trade? Again, we don't know what we don't know, but the assumption BT doesn't know more than us fans when dealing up trades is silly.
One, since the trade Friedman has reported Stone was set on Vegas, and to your point, Stone sings right away in Vegas post trade. None of those things are coincidences. Contract talks or some sort of feeling out from buyers on Stone clearly occurred before the trade (in fact Friedman reported as such). Respective suitors for Stone were given the opportunity to get some sort of assessment on whether Stone would sign with them or not, that much is clear.
Based now entirely on hindsight, it would appear that BT likely got info that at the very least his path to re-sign stone was less likely. Something that is only clear to us in hindsight, but to suggest that it's also only clear to BT in hindsight is silly. The GMs know far far much more info than what gets reported to us in the moment on these things that we only find out about after......if at all.