[Trade] Flames Acquire Michael Stone From Arizona for Draft Picks

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

I don't understand what this means. Stone might want to sign with Arizona?

No, it means Tre has been interested prior to this season.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I think from the NHL side they have to look to be protecting Vegas, but that doesn't mean common sense won't come into it.

Lets assume Stone looks good and the Flames are interested. So Stone and Versteeg are both players that in a normal year Calgary would extend before July 1st.

This year they don't because of the expansion draft.

If they say wait until after the draft and we can sign you for this much and this terms, then they've gone too far.

But I think it would come down to the player not wanting to sign because they'd be left unprotected and lose their control. Why would Stone or Versteeg take that risk? Similarly the Flames would balk at either agent asking for a non moment clause.

So you get a stalemate because of the expansion draft, but with both players knowing what's on the table but refusing to sign it.

IMO it will become an issue when former employees talk about the handshake deal in a few years time.

Remember when Keenan said on a national broadcast that the Flames and Kiprusoff had an understanding that he wouldn't be playing the final year of his contract? Or when Alfredsson told the media the same story.

Well the league ignored that this time around, but imagine if you have stories about how teams bypassed the expansion draft when the NHL is trying to convince another billionaire to write a half billion cheque for an expansion team.

The league might come hard down then, maybe not now or shortly after the expansion draft, but when these stories eventually surface.

[PepsiFree]

Great work team, we answered the hell out of that question.

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

I don't understand what this means. Stone might want to sign with Arizona?

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Treliving and Chayka have been talking since the summer.

Wrong

Originally Posted by Toonage

NM, see above
..and below...

Wrong

Originally Posted by bax

Treliving has been in talks with Arizona about acquiring Stone since last summer...

Wrong

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

No, it means Tre has been interested prior to this season.

Wrong


It means Chyka has been trying to acquire Treiliving since last summer.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Great work team, we answered the hell out of that question.

I lol'd. Literally.

[azzarish]

Originally Posted by Rick M.

Can anyone who has watched him closely this season address the question of how his season ending knee injury and surgical reconstruction has impacted his skating and mobility?

This.

?

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by azzarish

This.

?

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Stone skates like I do; poorly

This from the 5-0 drubbing is what I noticed.

[sureLoss]

If anyone cares, Burke will be on Tim and Sid to talk about Stone and playoff push.

[Huntingwhale]

I care

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

If anyone cares, Burke will be on Tim and Sid to talk about Stone and playoff push.

Can someone post the Coles Notes for those of us who can't watch. Thanks in advance

[puffnstuff]

Asking about the Wideman effect...


And Burke gives the 'lawyer answer'

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Can someone post the Coles Notes for those of us who can't watch. Thanks in advance

My notes:

Believes in the goaltending. Mentioned Elliott specifically.

Glad they got moves done before deadline. Tre took a page from his book to get moves done 3-4 games early.

Is fine with 3 point games. Serve their purpose. Exciting end to game. Knows his purest views wouldn't fly. Acknowleged the parity it creates.

Johnny is a good player. On the upswing. Works hard in the gym and shows up to practice on time. He said that exactly. They love the kid.

If the Wideman effect is a thing they'd follow proper channels not in an interview. But they just need to do what they can, be more disciplined.

[bigrangy]

Most importantly, Burke believes that this is a playoff team. He cited the bolstered defense and decent goaltending of late. He says that if they keep the focus and get their jobs done that he expects to be in the playoffs.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Looks like Wideman will be healthy scratched.

There is a god!

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

I don't understand what this means. Stone might want to sign with Arizona?

That's not the only thing you appear to have problems understanding

[Stay Golden]

Thought Stone played physical played solid in his own end.

[blender]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

Thought Stone played physical played solid in his own end.

Credit where credit is due.

[TheScorpion]

Stone was quite good tonight, especially when playing with Brodie. In fact, T.J. was often the worse member of the pair.

All in all, I'd say that Stone was the Flames' most consistent defenseman against Nashville. Congratulations to him for his first point with his new team.

[djsFlames]

Given that we were looking for a solid #4 on the cheap, that was sure a good start.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Stone was quite good tonight, especially when playing with Brodie. In fact, T.J. was often the worse member of the pair.

All in all, I'd say that Stone was the Flames' most consistent defenseman against Nashville. Congratulations to him for his first point with his new team.

The most consistent defenseman in a 6-5 win is somewhat empty praise. But, baby steps. He wasn't Wideman.