Sure Dan but when does this change? Neither of those teams looks to be falling off a cliff any time soon do they?
Ultimately if we agree they need a Stone type to compete with those teams, and we know he's a UFA this summer, isn't it worth some real effort to try to get him BEFORE he becomes a UFA so you can both convince him to stay and offer the extra year?
I don't know what you're proposing with the "good prospect or two", but I would think they could afford to give up one of Frederic/Studnicka with Coyle here, and JFK (who was supposed to be something as of 8 months ago, right?). I'd offer the 1st, Stud/Frederic, conditional pick on re-sign. If they'd rather talk Gryz or Heinen as part of the deal, fine by me. But make a compelling offer. Stone is not your average deadline rental...he's a stud.