Meet the new guys: Who the Flames got in exchange for Matthew Tkachuk

Danny Austin looks at the new players the Flames got in the Matthew Tkachuk blockbluster.

Career stats: 306 GP, 27 goals, 94 assists, 121 points, 259 PIM

What Treliving said: “We look at him as a top-end defencemen, one of the top defencemen in the league, quite frankly. He’s underrated, quite frankly. Ultimately this will come down to where Darryl slots him. Obviously we had lots of conversations over the last week over where he could slot on our team. He’s a right-shot that played the left side, which is a little bit unique. That’s really where he played. He played with Ekblad the last two years.

“His ability to close plays, his ability to kill plays, not only in the defensive zone but the ability to do so through the neutral ice, the ability to transition pucks, the ability to get it going north-to-south, the ability to close plays and get it going the other way is at one of the highest rates in the league … his ability to deny zone entries. We think we’ve made our defense a significantly stronger defence.

Apr 28, 2022; Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Florida Panthers center Cole Schwindt reaches for the puck as Ottawa Senators goalie Filip Gustavsson defenseman Erik Brannstrom and center Josh Norris look on in the third period at the Canadian Tire Centre.

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