Tampa Bay Lightning Rentals: Michael Stone
- Calgary Flames
- Age – 32
- 2022-23 Cap Hit: $750,000
- 2022-23 Offensive Zone Start: 64%
- 2022-23 Corsi Numbers: 57%
We thought about adding a couple of other former members of the Lightning to this list. Luke Schenn and Radko Gudas are also UFAs this offseason and could probably be acquired for less that $3,000,000, but we want to look at some fresh blood for this squad.
Michael Stone would be a gamble after he missed 34 games in 2022-23 due to injury, but he did return the last week of the season.
His underlying numbers are all decent. His Corsi numbers are well on the plus side, but it helped he started in the offensive zone 2/3 of the time. But even when factoring in the number of games that he missed, Stone had the 15th most shots among defensemen that are available as a UFA. If you go by shots per game, Stone had the third most shots among this same group.
And with a cap hit in 2022-23 at league minimum, he might be a guy a team could convince to join for cheap.