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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I dunno. Maybe I'm overrating Valimaki and underrating Stone. I tend to agree with Treliving here that Valimaki was too high of a price to give up for him. And obviously, Brad could not have predicted Valimaki's serious injury.
Do we know if Stone even wanted to extend with the Flames? He signed with Vegas pretty much instantly, which makes me think that's where he wanted to be?
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I doubt Treliving was transparent in what all was involved in that trade.
I hear you about how valuable Valimaki is but IMO you pay that price for one of the best forwards in the game. But as I said, there were undoubtedly other pieces in that trade and of course you had the challenges of fitting Stone’s salary.