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Originally Posted by Robbob
Regarding Stone, there were a limited amount of suitors. Once Calgary opted out because he would not sign, Vegas didn't have to go all in.
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We have no idea how that trade happened, but from what we could gather the Flames had a deal in place the night before the deadline. Maloney even mentioned it on the trade deadline ("we went to bed thinking we had a deal done"). One could speculate that Vegas upped their offer to include Brannstrom, which increased Ottawa's demand to Valimaki - and the Flames weren't willing to go down that road.
The whole "he wasn't going to sign in Calgary" is entirely based off fan speculation from when Stone said he wanted to sign in Vegas after he signed in Vegas. That's hardly confirmation he wouldn't sign in Calgary.