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Originally Posted by VilleN
Well, you aren't right about Stone at all. And having too much talent to keep is a luxury, not a problem - see Tampa Bay. It's all beside the point anyways, my point is Canadian teams are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to signing and retaining players. I would argue it is the entire reason a Canadian team hasn't lifted the cup in nearly 30 years.
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Really? We've established how rare it is for huge name guys to move as UFAs, and TOR got one of those big ~4 (Tavares/Panarin/Bobrovsky/Pietrangelo). It's also been established that paying your best players at UFA rates is unlikely to lead to cups (at least since the 8 yr limit).
Who have CAD teams struggled to retain? Karlsson and Stone - because OTT is/was a clown show. Dubas failing at RFA negotiations is the only other thing I can think of.
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
OK, this season has clouded my perception of his injury history... but is $9.5M good value for a PPG advanced stats darling? He's not even a center. He's also 30 years old, just had lower back surgery and still represents five more years of cap hit at that $9.5M. Should we offer Lindholm (who will be a 30 year-old center) $9.5M for his next contract?
(actually I could realistically see Lindholm getting $8-9M offers, but I would also argue that Lindholm is more valuable than Stone)
Anyway, fair point... I did think he was more injury-prone than he is.
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Yes and yes.
Stone is the best 2-way winger since Hossa. He signed this deal right around the time he turned 27. He certainly wasn't an ironman in OTT, but he wasn't exactly injury-prone either - gp: 80 75 71 58 77. It may take until next spring for him to