![]() ![]() But it also served to scare away some interested teams from making their best pitches to Ottawa. That was Newport’s way of having some control of the process, which was smart. I’ve heard there were two other teams Stone might have entertained an extension with, but those teams didn’t want to make a serious trade offer to Ottawa without the extension guaranteed.Īnd this much I know to be true: Newport Sports, which represents Stone, told teams who were interested in Stone before that trade deadline in February 2019 that they wouldn’t talk contract until 1) the Senators gave them permission, obviously, but also 2) there was at least the conditional framework of a trade in place. Looking back, that appears to be somewhat true, although not completely. ![]() The explanation is rather simple: The majority of NHL teams believed at the time that Stone had set his sights on Vegas, where he would be reunited with general manager Kelly McCrimmon from their Brandon Wheat Kings WHL days. Still can't believe (a) he was traded and (b) no team was willing to pony up more for him In fact, earlier in the day, a noted Senators fan who goes by the Twitter handle Bonk’s Mullet tweeted about Stone, saying of the 31-year-old Golden Knights captain: “Still can’t believe (a) he was traded and (b) no team was willing to pony up more for him.” ![]()
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