I feel like at the price of Zboril and a 1st Boston would rather add any extra value and just take Stone themselves. Interesting take though!

NYI is not getting Stone without one of Dobson or Whalstrom going back.

Make the 1st a 2nd that becomes a 1st if he re-signs.....deal.

It's extremely unlikely they pull a prospect of that caliber for a rental. They likely will pull two prospects expected to be middle-6 forwards or 2nd pairing d-men, a first, and a conditional first on whether he resigns or not. Winnipeg is looking like they might be offering a Top-6 forward prospect and a 1st. Expecting anything else will leave you disappointed.

Stone is on a whole other level to Duchene or any players traded so far this year and would not be a pure rental on NYI as they have the space to keep him.

Still, No rental has ever pulled a top prospect of Dobson's caliber.

if the team can sign him and the player is open to re-signing, yes.

I agree that Stone is significantly better, but break down what they actually got in return for Duchene. They basically upgraded a bottom-6 prospect in Bergman for a middle-6 prospect in Abramov, so a slight upgrade there. Then they got Davidsson who is still a big question mark as to what he will actually pan out to be, a middle to late first round pick, and another conditional 1st. You basically got:
-Swapped for a slightly improved prospect
-A middle of the road prospect
-A late first round pick
-A 50/50 shot at another first

I think Stone will bring in:
-2 Solid prospects
-A Late First
-A 3rd pick that becomes a 1st if Stone resigns

I would call that a much better return than what Duchene got.

If it is known he will re-sign he will get a HUGE return. So far though he has been pretty non-committal, until that changes he is viewed as strictly a rental.

seems OTT has giving permission to teams to talk to Stone and his agent about possible extensions.

If thats the case and he agrees to some kind of terms I would assume that his value would start at 2019 1st, 2020 1st, an "A" prospect, and a "B" prospect. I dont know other teams prospect systems well but a package similar to:
-2019 1st
-2020 1st
-Studnicka/Vaakanainen
-Zboril

I don't think Boston would be willing to send that package, but I would assume he would pull in a similar return.

Stone with a extension starts with 2 first a top prospect and an A prospect, maybe more.

Maybe if you can find enough bidders in the next 23.5 hours. Not many teams are willing to pay that price and teams aren't going to bid against themselves.

*Edit*-Bidders that Stone is willing to extend with

Really, because there have been tweets that say the opposite. Hence all the conditional picks being proposed.