2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

I remember when he signed the first possible day he could have got an extension and it felt like the majority of this board was happy with the deal. I predicted it would be a buyout candidate down the road. Sharangovich came to Calgary with a reputation of being very inconsistent as he was a healthy scratch at times in his last year with the Devils. He did a great job in year one with the Flames but it was such a big risk to sign a guy like that to a 5 year deal.

I doubt the deal will really hurt the Flames at any time but who knew that Frolik’s deal was going to be a roadblock down the road as well when it was signed.

Yeah it does feel like it could be a bit of an unforced error. As you say, I doubt it really hurts the Flames and maybe it's an important lesson.

[Yeah_Baby]

@Royale, @Sec

Any skuttle butt on what the Flames are thinking RE Conroy's extension in the face of this season? Having him not extended are they removing leverage from him because other GMs can try to exert pressure for Craig to 'save' his job?

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

@Royale, @Sec

Any skuttle butt on what the Flames are thinking RE Conroy's extension in the face of this season? Having him not extended are they removing leverage from him because other GMs can try to exert pressure for Craig to 'save' his job?

I'm no insider but I am confident we will extend Conroy. I don't know a single person who is very unhappy with the job he has done, regardless of if they are on team tank or not.

The fans are also going to be more forgiving to an ex player and fan favorite. He's had some great moves and some bad moves like most gms.

I just can't see any way they don't re sign him. The fan base likes Conroy, this is an easy extension.

[Erick Estrada]

Not that I don't agree (I feel he will be extended) but if the Flames do in fact finish 32nd this season, the optics of extending the GM of a last place team is a little strange.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

@Royale, @Sec

Any skuttle butt on what the Flames are thinking RE Conroy's extension in the face of this season? Having him not extended are they removing leverage from him because other GMs can try to exert pressure for Craig to 'save' his job?

Frank commented on Conroy on FlamesTalk yesterday and based on his thoughts Conroy should get a 5 year run at least to turn this around.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not that I don't agree (I feel he will be extended) but if the Flames do in fact finish 32nd this season, the optics of extending the GM of a last place team is a little strange.

Not with the other facts ...

Moving 7-9 veteran players.
Not adding at the last deadline
Not adding in the summer
Not using copious amounts of cap space

The Flames have been telegraphing a move to the bottom for 20 months, people were just ignoring it.

[The EBUG's EBUG]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I'm no insider but I am confident we will extend Conroy. I don't know a single person who is very unhappy with the job he has done, regardless of if they are on team tank or not.

The fans are also going to be more forgiving to an ex player and fan favorite. He's had some great moves and some bad moves like most gms.

I just can't see any way they don't re sign him. The fan base likes Conroy, this is an easy extension.

Feels like we're going to get a really clear view on where ownership stands on "rebuilds" based on this extension or potentially lack thereof.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Frank commented on Conroy on FlamesTalk yesterday and based on his thoughts Conroy should get a 5 year run at least to turn this around.

He should at least get 3 more years IMO to see what he can do.

Every GM makes bad moves. Too many variables that can change things in a hurry and are out of a GM's control. Need to give him time to execute his plan.

[Sec214]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

@Royale, @Sec

Any skuttle butt on what the Flames are thinking RE Conroy's extension in the face of this season? Having him not extended are they removing leverage from him because other GMs can try to exert pressure for Craig to 'save' his job?

It's his job till he doesn't want it. Big Murr is comfortable with the communication and direction from Hockey Ops, Include Pres and GM.

I expect an extension at some point.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Bingo

I'm pretty certain that Huska isn't a revolutionary offensive coach. I get that.

I think he's solid in developing defensemen and coaching a tough to play against club that tries to out will you.

That's probably tough on the offence, but then so too is the roster itself.

But I can't for a second give a pass to a guy that doesn't win many if any board battles on the ice by blaming the coach. Nobody coaches a player to be late to the battle, and be weak on the stick, and avoid traffic. Nobody.

I'm not saying it's all the coaches fault.

His effort level can be better, he's clearly lost all confidence and is overthinking his game, and he needs to be more engaged.

But I think the coach isn't helping him get out of it either. Guys need consistency a bit when they are fighting to get out of a slump and I do think the line shuffling up and down the lineup - as well as position changes hasn't helped.

I see Sharangovich overthinking when he's on the ice. He's scared to make a mistake, and he's reacting instead of anticipating, and it leads to him being late to plays and behind a step.

Some of that needs to be overcome with better efforts from him but he also needs to just have faith that he's going to be in a certain role on a certain line for a run of games for him to come out of it.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Coronato started to turn his game around now that he's gotten a run of games with the same linemates in the same role. And Sharangovich is getting more blame but honestly Zary has the exact same issues and gets way less flak for it.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

He should at least get 3 more years IMO to see what he can do.

Every GM makes bad moves. Too many variables that can change things in a hurry and are out of a GM's control. Need to give him time to execute his plan.

Contract wise, Connie signed Sharangovich to a $5M a year deal. I can't think of any other bad contracts he's signed so far.

In comparison, how much money did Tre sign away on bad contracts? Neal / Lucic, Brouwer, and (in hindsight) Huberdeau to just name the most egregious.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I'm no insider but I am confident we will extend Conroy. I don't know a single person who is very unhappy with the job he has done, regardless of if they are on team tank or not.

Go on Twitter. There's plenty of whiners on there who want him fired because he hasn't traded Andersson, Kadri or Coleman yet.

But yeah, I don't see why they wouldn't extend him.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I'm not saying it's all the coaches fault.

His effort level can be better, he's clearly lost all confidence and is overthinking his game, and he needs to be more engaged.

But I think the coach isn't helping him get out of it either. Guys need consistency a bit when they are fighting to get out of a slump and I do think the line shuffling up and down the lineup - as well as position changes hasn't helped.

I see Sharangovich overthinking when he's on the ice. He's scared to make a mistake, and he's reacting instead of anticipating, and it leads to him being late to plays and behind a step.

Some of that needs to be overcome with better efforts from him but he also needs to just have faith that he's going to be in a certain role on a certain line for a run of games for him to come out of it.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Coronato started to turn his game around now that he's gotten a run of games with the same linemates in the same role.

He’s played on the same line as Farabee the majority of the time, with different centers being tried out on the line (and one turn as a center himself).

It’s not like he’s working with totally different guys in different positions every game.

[Vinny01]

https://www.canucksdaily.com/nhl-tea...-back-on-track

Canucks may put their 1st on the table for a center but it states here it needs to be a young RFA aged player.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I'm not saying it's all the coaches fault.

His effort level can be better, he's clearly lost all confidence and is overthinking his game, and he needs to be more engaged.

But I think the coach isn't helping him get out of it either. Guys need consistency a bit when they are fighting to get out of a slump and I do think the line shuffling up and down the lineup - as well as position changes hasn't helped.

I see Sharangovich overthinking when he's on the ice. He's scared to make a mistake, and he's reacting instead of anticipating, and it leads to him being late to plays and behind a step.

Some of that needs to be overcome with better efforts from him but he also needs to just have faith that he's going to be in a certain role on a certain line for a run of games for him to come out of it.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Coronato started to turn his game around now that he's gotten a run of games with the same linemates in the same role. And Sharangovich is getting more blame but honestly Zary has the exact same issues and gets way less flak for it.

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For sure ... but Coronato has deserved the placement based on his effort.

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by Inferno

Go on Twitter. There's plenty of whiners on there who want him fired because he hasn't traded Andersson, Kadri or Coleman yet.

But yeah, I don't see why they wouldn't extend him.

I mean I was hoping both Andersson and Kadri would be traded by now. But you have to keep in mind Conroy has people to answer to as well. If Murray Edwards says don't trade Kadri, you can't exactly blame him.

At the same time, if the offers have been crap he is likely waiting til better offers come for those players. Or if not then deal them at the deadline.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Sec214

It's his job till he doesn't want it. Big Murr is comfortable with the communication and direction from Hockey Ops, Include Pres and GM.

I expect an extension at some point.

I'm sure being on the 04 roster has a lot of pull with Big Murr.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

He’s played on the same line as Farabee the majority of the time, with different centers being tried out on the line (and one turn as a center himself).

It’s not like he’s working with totally different guys in different positions every game.

That's fair - he's had 107 / 170 minutes with Farabee.

Looking at center usage though:

Frost + Sharangovich: 51 minutes - 44.3 xGF%
Kadri + Sharangovich: 40 minutes - 50.0 xGF%
Backlund + Sharangovich: 5 minutes - 0.0 xGF%
Kirkland + Sharangovich: 8 minutes - 43.8 xGF%
Sharangovich as Center: 74 minutes - 52.4% xGF%

Which is also a weird trend since it's not just this season - he generally actually has his best advanced stats when not playing with one of our main centers. The only center he really has had chemistry with in his entire time as a Flame is Backlund (55.7% xGF) - but you can say that about everyone and Honzek isn't coming out of that spot (Although I wouldn't hate to see Honzek + Kadri just to see what that looks like more than the 6 minutes we've seen it for this season).

He's also generally looked pretty good with Zary historically the past 3 years

52.8% xGF in 376 minutes with Zary.

It's why I think a sheltered Sharangovich - Kerins/Morton - Zary line could be a move to try to get these guys out of their funks a little bit - while also optimizing the top 9 with guys who are actually playing better right now in Farabee and Klapka.

[FlamesAddiction]

Kadri’s NMC may have played a role as well. Plus, the contract is probably easier to move now with one year less on it.

[Ashes]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I mean I was hoping both Andersson and Kadri would be traded by now. But you have to keep in mind Conroy has people to answer to as well. If Murray Edwards says don't trade Kadri, you can't exactly blame him.

At the same time, if the offers have been crap he is likely waiting til better offers come for those players. Or if not then deal them at the deadline.

I think the reasons we haven't seen any significant trades yet is just because it's still early, and also the parody... Honestly it feels like 90% of the league is within striking distance of a playoff spot, can't really blame the GM's for wanting until the team shows them who they really are before making a move like Kadri/Andersson.

I just hope that the younger teams with the stronger pipelines are still in the hunt when the deals start happening. Trading w/ Detroit/Utah/Montreal, etc. where they could just as easily faceplant as make the playoffs.. those are the 1st round picks I hope we go after. Plus their prospect cupboards are stocked AF.

Also.. might not last all season but it's beautiful to see Chicago and San Jose holding playoff spots right now while Vegas/Edm are trailing behind. LFG.