Burnside: Flames and Panthers hit the blockbuster button
Oct 24, 2019; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Florida Panthers center Jonathan Huberdeau controls the puck in front of Calgary Flames left wing Matthew Tkachuk during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Flames won 6-5. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
With little wiggle room in terms of options, Treliving shipped restricted free agent Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers for star winger Jonathan Huberdeau, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, prospect Cole Schwindt, and a lottery-protected first-round pick in 2025. A conditional fourth-round pick goes to Florida as well.
That he managed to get one of the top wingers in the game in Huberdeau, along with a solid top-four defender in Weegar,a prospect and a first-round pick far exceeded what most folks imagined what the return would be for Tkachuk.One longtime NHL executive praised Treliving for getting the kind of return he did given the fact everyone knew that he had to deal Tkachuk.
Could both commit long-term to the Flames? Sure. But if not, the same questions dogging Treliving about how to keep elite talent in Calgary will return with a vengeance. If a long-term stay isn’t in either player’s future, Treliving can turn them into assets at the ’23 deadline or, if the team is as good as it suggests it can be with these additions, he can take a chance on a long playoff run and let the chips fall as they will.
According to CapFriendly.com, the Flames have just north of $9 million in cap space, which should be about right to bring back restricted free agents Andrew Mangiapane and Oliver Kylington. The team piled up offense during the regular season at a level not seen since the mid-1990s. But in the playoffs, they struggled at times against Washington before winning their opening round series in six games and then were swept by Tampa, the second year in a row their cross-state rivals had bested them in the post-season.
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