Confirmed with Link: Flames re-sign Michael Stone [3 yrs, 3.5m]

[Flames Fanatic]

I don't want to react too strongly but this is really stupid. That's all I'm going to say.

the people with a Nuancedâ„¢ approach can "it's actually fair and good" this one

Advanced stats indeed haven't painted a pretty picture, I'll give you that.

We'll see if he's one of those odd ones like Russell or not.

 

[Heavy Dee]

and the Flames give up their 5th rounder in 2018 to PHX by signing him before July 1.

any picks left to trade?

 

[Mr Snrub]

We got a low end 4 to play as our 5. At 3.5 he will not be hard to move if Andersson or another prospect deserve the spot in a couple years.

If he consistently plays better than he did last year, then sure. I'm not going to count on that though, even given the good seasons he's put together next to OEL.

I'm pretty sure we've argued about this before in the Armchair GM thread though.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Fantastic Dline depth now. Just gotta get timely saves, and avoid the terrible start, and we're in the running for the division.

 

[Mr Snrub]

and the Flames give up their 5th rounder in 2018 to PHX by signing him before July 1.

any picks left to trade?

What are our picks in 2018 now? 4th and two 7ths?

 

[Kahvi]

and the Flames give up their 5th rounder in 2018 to PHX by signing him before July 1.

any picks left to trade?

That's it, I can support Flames anymore with the way they are throwing away picks. That 5th round pick had at least a 10% possibility to be an NHL player by 2023.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Bartkowski-Engelland

Kulak-Stone

Life is beautiful.

 

[MonyontheMoney]

If he consistently plays better than he did last year, then sure. I'm not going to count on that though, even given the good seasons he's put together next to OEL.

I'm pretty sure we've argued about this before in the Armchair GM thread though.

If he plays better than he did with Arizona last year sure, but anyone saying he played like a #6 in Calgary is out to lunch.

But it's pretty much guaranteed he'll be better than he was in Arizona last year.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

and the Flames give up their 5th rounder in 2018 to PHX by signing him before July 1.

any picks left to trade?

2018: Two picks in Round 4, Round 6, Round 7
2019: Round 1, Round 4 (maybe 2), Round 5, two in Round 7 (conditions on some picks)
2020: All picks (some have conditions based on previous trades)

 

[FlamerForLife]

What are our picks in 2018 now? 4th and two 7ths?

If we make the playoffs:
3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th

If we don't make the playoffs:
4th, 6th, 7th

 

[FlamerForLife]

Does this mean we could've kept the 5th had we signed him tomorrow?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Technically can't trade the 2018 third until after July 1.

 

[Deen]

Does this mean we could've kept the 5th had we signed him tomorrow?

Yup, I guess they didn't want to risk it.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

If he plays better than he did with Arizona last year sure, but anyone saying he played like a #6 in Calgary is out to lunch.

But it's pretty much guaranteed he'll be better than he was in Arizona last year.

Pretty sure he and Brodie had a 66% gf 5 on 5 in the regular season...

 

[Mr Snrub]

If we make the playoffs:
3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th

If we don't make the playoffs:
4th, 6th, 7th

Didn't we just trade that 6th for Lack though? Or was that a 2019 6th?

 

[Johnny GODreau]

didn't we just trade that 6th for lack though? Or was that a 2019 6th?

2019

 

[Mobiandi]

Surprised he took a paycut

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Me, trying to figure out which draft picks the Flames will be making over the next three years:

 

[Volica]

Calgary just stacked the deck here.
Stone being your #5 is fantastic. Maybe overpaid by 500k... but he came in and was a solid player for Calgary last season.

 

[Mr Snrub]

Me, trying to figure out which draft picks the Flames will be making over the next three years:

 

[Anglesmith]

Our defence is disgusting now.

I feel like it's probably worth noting Stone may have bad advanced stats, but he'll be in a new situation as a sheltered third pairing guy. Even on the second pairing he was for for us last year, and he'll be healthier this year.

This is awesome. Get a one year vet on RW and let's go get a Cup.

 

[L13]

This is an abominable contract for a mediocre third-pairing defenceman that, unless Stone is traded or bought out, will push Andersson, Fox or both out of the organisation.

Just ****ing great.

 

[DCDM]

This is an abominable contract for a mediocre third-pairing defenceman that, unless Stone is traded or bought out, will push Andersson, Fox or both out of the organisation.

Just ****ing great.

You gotta chill.

 

[FlamerForLife]

This is an abominable contract for a mediocre third-pairing defenceman that, unless Stone is traded or bought out, will push Andersson, Fox or both out of the organisation.

Just ****ing great.

Relax, both Andersson & Fox are at least 1 year away, this is a tradeable contract, he's a 4-5, that many teams will have interest in if we were to trade him in a year or 2.

 

[Volica]

You gotta chill.

Yeah.
No one's a sure thing. Fox is likely still 2-3 years away with that size.

IF Andersson shows well, I doubt Calgary would have much issue with having him slot in the 6D role even if he's a righty.