Defenseman Michael Stone Signs PTO with Former Club
The Calgary Flames are signing D Michael Stone to a professional tryout, per Flames radio host Pat Steinberg.
Stone, 32, has played the last six seasons for Calgary, but the addition of MacKenzie Weegar has relegated him to 'expendable,' hence the tryout. The Flames and Stone have a funny history.
Initially acquired from Arizona in 2017, the right-shot defender was signed to and bought out from a three-year deal and later re-signed to a much lower cap-hit by Flames' GM Brad Treliving.
Calgary now has two PTOs scheduled to join their camp, and they have $2.1 million in cap space, per CapFriendly. If they opt to sign Stone, he will occupy their 7th defense spot behind Weegar, Rasmus Andersson, and Chris Tanev. Stone scored 6 points in 11 games last season, which is way higher than his normal pace; he has 134 points in 504 games between Calgary and Arizona.
Stone probably could have taken a tryout elsewhere, but if he and the Flames can find a fit, why not stay put? The Flames blue-line was banged up, especially in the playoffs, so depth could be critical for Calgary; Eakin and Stone are solid adds to this group, should Treliving like what he sees.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||