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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I still think they had that trade made, based on the rumors from that night before that it was done and then Maloney’s comments the next day.
My guess is one of two things happened.
1) Once they were able to negotiate with Stone they realized they couldn’t give him the contract he was asking for.
2) There were rumors Melnyk didn’t want to make the trade with another Canadian team because then they’d hear more about Stone in the media in future years
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So from this one and the Khadri non trade it seems Brad is ok at dealing with the other gm but not so good at gauging the player interest in coming to Calgary.
I don't get it. How can you say you had a deal except the player with the ntc said no? That's not a deal. Or in Stone's case that the player didn't want to sign a long term deal here over Vegas. Oh we totally could have signed Stone except he didn't want to play here and has the final say.
I'm sick of all these swing and a miss moves.