[TRADE] Stone to Vegas

[hockeyrobot]

Im pretty excited about this deal. The West is wide open and Stone will be great to watch on that team.

[lucafen4]

Brannstrom better turn into something.

[MZac]

Wonder how lines shakeup in VGK. Does Stone bump Tuch down?

I think you if you pay someone 9 mil a year they are going on your top line. Tuch is the most likely bump. Not good for him.

[philatangy]

Yeah, not great timing (playoffs in my league) I'm trying to decide who to drop and Tuch might be the odd man out now...

[Eskimo Brother]

I think you if you pay someone 9 mil a year they are going on your top line. Tuch is the most likely bump. Not good for him.

I think Tuch stays on line 2 and Smith goes down to line 3.

[Shift Disturber]

9 x 8 isn't bad at all for a player like Stone. The contract only runs through his age 34 season.

[Eskimo Brother]

9 x 8 isn't bad at all for a player like Stone. The contract only runs through his age 34 season.

I just saw it was a $9.5M AAV.

[Shift Disturber]

I just saw it was a $9.5M AAV.

With actual salary heavily front-end loaded, no doubt.

[newfcollins]

9 x 8 isn't bad at all for a player like Stone. The contract only runs through his age 34 season.

This will be a bad contract by year 4.

[saucelife90]

This will be a bad contract by year 4.

I'm thinking the same thing. Time will tell.

[Shift Disturber]

We're not talking about Lucic here. Stone is a high-end play driver and distributor of the puck. I think his game will age well.

[TheBadger]

Does Brannstrom get the callup

[newfcollins]

We're not talking about Lucic here. Stone is a high-end play driver and distributor of the puck. I think his game will age well.

Stone has had to work extremely hard on his skating just to become an average skater. With the league getting faster, and the fact he is bound to slow down as he gets older, Stone won't be able to keep up in a few years. His hockey IQ will help, but there's only so much you can do when the other players are skating you by.

[sensfan19]

Sens did well, obviously the Sens wouldn't pay the price and or Stone wanted a change.

As long as they don't repeat the Chara debacle I'm happy.

[rataylor22]

What a terrible return lol. Ottawa getting less for Stone than they got for Duchene and arguably similar to what New York got for Hayes is hilarious.