2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

I wonder what an astronomical ask is from Seattle for Shane Wright.

Coleman fits as a top six winger.
Add Henry Mews as a legit prospect.
Add Vegas 2027 1st.

Enough? That's approximate value of 2 firsts and high 2nd?

Enough? that is a crazy over-pay. He's worth a late 1st at most.

Originally Posted by Toonage

They’ll want Parekh and a 1st to start.

Yeah, no.

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by Toonage

They aren’t settling for a 33 year old winger and a pick. If he is truly available, I’ll be genuinely surprised if they bring in more of what they have a surplus of already. Middle 6 forwards over or around 30 years old

There is a significant gap value-wise between Parekh + 1st vs Coleman + pick.

[dissentowner]

I guarantee you if you offered Parekh straight across for Wright Seattle would be starting the car.

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

He possibly could if we traded:

Kadri

For

Laine
1st
Top Prospect

Flip Laine at half to a team that maybe would give a conditional 3rd/2nd/1st based on Laine production/GP.

This is why fans get disappointed by returns. If the flames got any top 25 pick and an expiring contract - they would / should take that in a heartbeat!!!

[bluejays]

Shane Wright - last year career high of 44 points, this year lucky if he'll hit 30. He hasn't shown even flashes of being a high draft pick. If someone wants to pay up let them. We need high end talent. I'd prefer taking some swings with our 1st rounders then deal for him with one of them, which is ultimately what some poor soul will do.

[Toonage]

Everything the Flames have had on the trade block the past 3 years hasn’t returned a young RHC. Closest they got is Frost. If Wright is available they’ll get a top tier prospect and a 1st.

The big question to me is why Seattle is asking for a top line player. Which I probably should have recalled before suggesting they’d want our top d prospect though to be fair Seattle is short on that by quite a bit.

They have no top line. They want to build one off a Wright trade? They have 9 guys they cycle through and nothing that counts as a concrete top line to add to.

I figured Pagnotta was full of it until I saw Dreger corroborating the story.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by tkflames

This is why fans get disappointed by returns. If the flames got any top 25 pick and an expiring contract - they would / should take that in a heartbeat!!!

I don’t expect a team to shell out another 1st. It’s Laine. However, it would be nice if we could snag one *if* he met some sort of expectations listed from the other team. For instance, if they make the conf. Finals and and Laine plays in 75% or more of the games. Or something point production wise.

[Fan69]

Originally Posted by tkflames

This is why fans get disappointed by returns. If the flames got any top 25 pick and an expiring contract - they would / should take that in a heartbeat!!!

In most cases I would agree.

However we are at a rare combination for flames fans of the team first and foremost willing to sell, the league having quite a few teams in buy mode with assets and the flames having the assets they want.

Conroy plays his cards right he could have a-pile of assets we could use to get what we really need a top line center. Draft or otherwise.

[musth]

Laine is done

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Everything the Flames have had on the trade block the past 3 years hasn’t returned a young RHC. Closest they got is Frost. If Wright is available they’ll get a top tier prospect and a 1st.

The big question to me is why Seattle is asking for a top line player. Which I probably should have recalled before suggesting they’d want our top d prospect though to be fair Seattle is short on that by quite a bit.

They have no top line. They want to build one off a Wright trade? They have 9 guys they cycle through and nothing that counts as a concrete top line to add to.

I figured Pagnotta was full of it until I saw Dreger corroborating the story.

They can ask for whatever they want but he'll just stay on Seattle if that's what they want.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

I wonder what an astronomical ask is from Seattle for Shane Wright.

Coleman fits as a top six winger.
Add Henry Mews as a legit prospect.
Add Vegas 2027 1st.

Enough? That's approximate value of 2 firsts and high 2nd?

Coleman fits not at all, they want a younger upgrade, for Wright+.

[PaperBagger'14]

Seattle - “Wright is on the trade block”

Everyone else - “Oh cool, is he a top line player?”

Seattle - “No”

Everyone else - “Gotcha, what are you looking for in a trade?”

Seattle - “Top line player + first round pick”

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Seattle - “Wright is on the trade block”

Everyone else - “Oh cool, is he a top line player?”

Seattle - “No”

Everyone else - “Gotcha, what are you looking for in a trade?”

Seattle - “Top line player + first round pick”

They’re trying to trade their sunk cost.

[Roko]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Seattle - “Wright is on the trade block”

Everyone else - “Oh cool, is he a top line player?”

Seattle - “No”

Everyone else - “Gotcha, what are you looking for in a trade?”

Seattle - “Top line player + first round pick”

They can have elite goal scorer Sharangovich

[wpgflamesfan]

I my mind, the Flames’ reputation for being “player-friendly” is starting to look like a competitive disadvantage. If they are letting Kadri hand-pick his trade destination, they’re being played. Kadri didn't negotiate a full No-Trade Clause; he chose the money and the term instead. Now, the Flames are giving him the best of both worlds (the massive contract he signed plus the trade protection he didn't pay for). In an effort to look like the good guys, Calgary is effectively devaluing their own asset.

On the other side of the coin, the Vegas Golden Knights aren't being "ruthless”, they are simply abiding by the contracts they signed. They aren't going out of their way to be vengeful or shipping players to undesirable locations out of spite; they are just exercising their negotiated rights to improve the team.

Ultimately, being “player-friendly” is a positive trait, but granting more trade protection than was actually negotiated is the wrong way to go about it. If the Flames want to be a destination of choice, they should invest in world-class facilities (including state-of-the-art practice facilities, gyms, etc.) and support systems that make a player's life easier outside of the rink (give them so much support the dont know how to survive if they leave). Build a culture of excellence through infrastructure, not by surrendering leverage at the trade table.

[Sandman]

Shane Wright just turned 22 and already has a 44 point season under his belt- most players only dream about being able to do that at that age. He may not look like a top- line player now, but he holds huge value in what he could be in the future. It’s the same reason why first- round picks are so heavily valued.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think he’s got attitude problems, but I still think he could be a player in a few years.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Sandman

Shane Wright just turned 22 and already has a 44 point season under his belt- most players only dream about being able to do that at that age. He may not look like a top- line player now, but he holds huge value in what he could be in the future. It’s the same reason why first- round picks are so heavily valued.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think he’s got attitude problems, but I still think he could be a player in a few years.

Sure, maybe. But it's far from a certainty. And maybe even unlikely at this point.

There is no way any team would trade an elite prospect like Parekh for him (never mind adding). I wouldn't even trade Potter for him.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Sure, maybe. But it's far from a certainty. And maybe even unlikely at this point.

There is no way any team would trade an elite prospect like Parekh for him (never mind adding). I wouldn't even trade Potter for him.

Yeah, he’s not returning a 1A prospect.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by FusionX

Prospect = Zharovsky

Make it so! I'd accept a 2nd with conditions for 1st in this case IMO

I only think Kadri gets even close to that return with retention

[Aarongavey]

Wright is a little bit better than Kakko when he was traded and he is a year younger.

I say that a 2nd, a 3rd and Hanley gets er done.