2023/2024 Trade Rumors and Speculation Thread

[StrykerSteve]

Took the day off on March 8th. I’m ready to experience a wealth of emotions on deadline day.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Flames1217

Even if it jumps, the math still isn't mathing.



I mean they could make it work if they filled out their entire bottom 6 with ELCs but still seems quite hard to fit everyone in as is.

Schneider's buyout comes off the payroll next year which gives them an extra $2.5M of cap space to play with.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Logistics questions: How early does the Flames brain trust start in the war room on deadline day? 5 am mountain? 6am? When do the calls usually start?

Years back I know they had all gathered just around 5AM MST after previously being up until about 12:30PM the night before.

I'd argue they likely continue to do the same, but their phones are on 24/7 and often exchange texts way early with EST teams.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Took the day off on March 8th. I’m ready to experience a wealth of emotions on deadline day.

I am doing the same. I had to travel for work on a Sunday and Family day so I need a long weekend. I love when the TDL is on a Monday or Friday

[Baaarrden]

No gifs on the last couple pages but patiently waiting for Sec's morning update like

[PuckSlap]

Expect moves in the coming days.. Ya, it's the deadline in a few days lol

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[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by PuckSlap

Expect moves in the coming days.. Ya, it's the deadline in a few days lol

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I think all the trades will be done and public sometime between now and around 2 PM on March 8th.

[bob_the_fish]

Sec,

Once again we have to address your lack of professionalism. Posting vague and nonspecific threads in this forum is not suitable to the official Calgary puck insider. Please be advised that the owner (Bingo) has been brought in to address this issue directly. He will be reaching out to HR within the next few days to discuss your further employment with this board. Until this matter is settled, we expect that you hold yourself to the decorum and expectations that we have set out in our previous communication.

A notice has been put on your file for continued insubordination. This will reflect negatively on any future advancement more pain increases.

[TheScorpion]

[Toonage]

He's also no longer allowed to tell anyone about our fried pickles.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by bob_the_fish

Sec,

Once again we have to address your lack of professionalism. Posting vague and nonspecific threads in this forum is not suitable to the official Calgary puck insider. Please be advised that the owner (Bingo) has been brought in to address this issue directly. He will be reaching out to HR within the next few days to discuss your further employment with this board. Until this matter is settled, we expect that you hold yourself to the decorum and expectations that we have set out in our previous communication.

A notice has been put on your file for continued insubordination. This will reflect negatively on any future advancement more pain increases.

Pain increases? I didn’t know sec was into sadomasochism ? I guess the only question is if bingo gives it to sec or if it’s the other way around.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by jg13

NJD fans believe if Toffoli gets extended Holtz is as good as gone.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1762621287598334151

Deeply analyze your team based on a three game sample.

This is how horrible decisions get made.

[Monahammer]

Non-flames related, but who would say no to a Reinhart- B Tkachuk swap?

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Non-flames related, but who would say no to a Reinhart- B Tkachuk swap?

Florida. Reinhart > B Tkachuk IMO.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Non-flames related, but who would say no to a Reinhart- B Tkachuk swap?

Ottawa

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Thing is, the Flames hold all the prizes this deadline. After Tanev, Hanifin and maybe Markstrom, the markets fairly thin. And the sellers aren't clearly defined, and a lot of what was available, is injured long term.

They're the dam holding back this trade deadline.

What a time to be alive! Never thought I'd ever see the Flames in a position like this approaching the deadline, holding ALL the best cards. Conroy has already hit 1 home run, potentially 2-3 more to go. Unreal. Excited to see how the next few days play out.

[Tbull8]

Both are great players but I think that would be a huge win for florida. Reinhart is having a career year in a contract year while Brady is signed long term already. I also don’t think we’ve seen Brady’s ceiling yet with how much of a dumpster fire Ottawa has been

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by keenan87

I am a little confused. Every year, GMs make dumb moves by paying way too much for depth players. 1st round picks get traded for players worse than Tanev.

So, for some reason - this is the year GMs have smartened up? The year the Flames need the seller market to be hot and when players are doing their part by playing well.

Weird.

I do wonder much of it is some of the more prominent media markets (Toronto, Boston specifically) trying to indicate the market is soft due to their lack of picks.

Toronto: 2 picks in the first 2 rounds the next 3 years (2024 1st, 2026 1st)
Tampa Bay: 3 picks (2026 1st, 2025 2nd, 2026 2nd)
Boston: 3 picks (2025 1st, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Florida: 3 picks (2025 2nd, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Rangers: 4 picks (2024 1st, 2024 2nd, 2025 1st, 2026 1st)
Detroit: All 6 picks
Carolina: 7 picks (All picks, extra 2nd in 2024)

Colorado: 4 picks (2024 1st, 2025 1st, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Vancouver: 4 picks (2025 1st, 2025 2nd, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Winnipeg: 5 picks (2024 2nd, 2025 1st, 2025 2nd, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Dallas: 5 picks (2024 1st, 2024 2nd, 2025 1st, 2026 1st, 2026 2nd)
Vegas: All 6 picks
Nashville: 9! Picks (4 1sts, 5 2nds)

I'd look for Carolina, Dallas, Detroit, Vegas, and potentially Nashville to likely start to become a bit more aggressive with their draft capital over the next week.

Nashville is on a role and has a ton of picks and capspace ($30M below the cap) they really could do something aggressive IMO.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Non-flames related, but who would say no to a Reinhart- B Tkachuk swap?

Adding to my post as I didn't realize Reinhart was UFA. Tkachuk is signed for 4 more years. Reinhart is the better player IMO but being a UFA vs having 4 years left is huge. I think Ottawa because of the unknown says no. If they were both signed long term, Florida would say no.

[Tbull8]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Adding to my post as I didn't realize Reinhart was UFA. Tkachuk is signed for 4 more years. Reinhart is the better player IMO but being a UFA vs having 4 years left is huge. I think Ottawa because of the unknown says no. If they were both signed long term, Florida would say no.

Let’s say Reinhart signs 8x$9M