Calgary Flames sign Michael Stone to professional tryout
Michael Stone has returned to the Calgary Flames.
The Flames have invited the 32-year-old defenseman to training camp on a professional tryout, the club announced Monday.
Stone scored six points and averaged 17:27 in 11 games with the Flames during the 2021–22 regular season. He added five points and averaged 13:02 in nine 2022 playoff contests.
#Flames Roster Update: Michael Stone has been signed to a PTO. pic.twitter.com/plVOYymiYd
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) September 12, 2022The Flames originally acquired Stone from the Arizona Coyotes way back at the 2017 trade deadline. He finished that season with 15 points in 64 games and subsequently signed a three-year contract extension to remain in Calgary.
Even after being bought out by the Flames in 2019, Stone returned to the team on a one-year deal after Juuso Valimaki suffered a torn ACL during off-season training.
Since then, Stone — a former member of the WHL Hitmen who makes Calgary his off-season home — has remained with the club in a depth role on a year-by-year basis. If he parlays this tryout into another deal with the Flames, it’ll be the sixth NHL contract he’s played on with the club.
In 504 career NHL regular-season games with the Coyotes and Flames, the 6’3″, 210-pound right-handed defender has scored 35 goals and 134 points. He’s amassed 11 goals and 38 points in 180 games over parts of six seasons since joining the Flames.
The only current members of the Flames whose debuts with the team predate Stone’s arrival in 2017 are Mikael Backlund and Oliver Kylington. Stone will likely compete with Valimaki, Connor Mackey, Nicolas Meloche, and Dennis Gilbert for a role with the Flames this season.
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