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Originally Posted by Red
Hang on. So are you saying that Treliving would have known that he could have signed Stone for top $$$? Some on here will disagree.
I agree that he knew. But didn't feel that paying the price in the trade and subsequently the contract was a good deal.
In hindsight, he was wrong.
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No - I’m saying Stone refused to commit to any signing in Calgary (or other bidders like Florida and also Winnipeg), whereas he agreed to terms with Vegas.
I’m also saying that even if he had the opportunity to match Vegas’ $9.5M, it would have cost $11M and that’s Matthews/Panarin/McDavid money. That’s just to get even with Vegas, which was just coming off a cup run and is attractive anyway. Calgary probably would need more. For a winger.