I wonder if Stone will continue to sign 1 year deals with the Flames to be the 7th D-man and hardly play? I hope he does, it works out pretty good for the Flames and it's good for him to not have to move the family around, or be away from the family.
If Z and Kylington are looking for roughly the same AAV (not sure if that's the case) then I sign Z and look at trade options for Kylington. Get some sort of asset(s) and keep a solid #5ish Dman but also keep some of that crucial size and physicality.
I hope they can keep Gudbranson, hopefully he takes a little less than market value in order to stay put for a few years on what looks like a competitive team.
Hanifin - Andersson
Zadarov - Tanev
Mackey - Gudbranson
Stone
Wouldn't hurt my feelings to see that next season, with hopefully Mackey breaking out as a 2nd pairing guy as the season progresses and pushing Z back to a pairing with Gudbranson.
Valimaki -> a total wild card at this point. Maybe used as a sweetener for someone to take Monahan
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