The Sens committed to a date when they would make it known whether Duchene and Stone would be available. Do I recall correctly that they said it would be ten days before the deadline?
I think that it was 3 days or so ago (Feb.10/11th). I believe that he said that he would either sign them or come close to signing them and if he didn't within ten days he would open up trade talks for them IIRC. So maybe we should know by Feb 20-ish?!?!?
EDIT, I was wrong: Actually in the next couple of days
according to the below article (submitted on February 9, 2019) and in particular the bolded.
Senators nearing decision time on Duchene, Stone, Dzingel - Sportsnet.ca
“Ottawa is letting teams know if any of their players are going to be available, including the three key ones: Duchene, Dzingel, and Stone,” Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said during Saturday’s
Headlines segment on
Hockey Night in Canada.
“Teams will know about 10 days out before the deadline hits, so that looks like it’s the middle of next week, when Ottawa will begin to let other teams know, are any of those UFAs going to be on the market … or are they going to be staying Senators.
2nd edit: You're assumption from the beginning was correct, as is/was mine they both equal out to around February 15th!!
I wonder if Stone/Duchenes agents have plans for Valentines day, better to postpone and get it done is they want to stay?