2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Monahammer]

Man, if we get Danielsen and O'Reilly for andersson and coleman it will.be better than christmas. We need RHS RW almost as much as center prospects.

Dreaming of a future:

McKenna-Reschny-Gridin
Wyttenbach-potter-coronato
Kerins-Danielson-O'Reilly
Stromgren-Backlund-Farabee

Bahl-Parekh
Kuznetsov-Brzutewicz
Pachal-Weegar

Wolf

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by browntrout

Hopefully ownership approves retention on Kadri, if it meant they could get another first round pick. I don't think they will need to retain on Andersson or Coleman, which leaves their last retention slot for Kadri. This is their last year on markstrom, and they have the cap space to go along with the their rebuilding window. Kadri at 3.5-4.0 million should entice a few buyers

Kadri at $3.5-4 MM would entice more than a few buyers. Can’t see the Flames retaining $3MM+ on Kadri for another 3 yrs.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by JurassicTunga12

Trades like
Andersson for Nate Danielson + 2027 1st
Coleman for Sam O'Reilly + 1st or 2nd

Then there's Kadri to trade for a 1st +, potentially.

Then by the end of the year we could be adding
Danielson
O'Reilly
McKenna/Stenberg/Lawrence/Bjorck

to a pool of young pieces like Wolf, Reschny, Parekh, Gridin, Coronato, Potter etc. Plus the multiple firsts and whatever prospect we could get back for Kadri as well.
One hell of a start.

I would love to find a way to pry Geekie out of TB instead of O’Reilly.

[442scotty]

It’s probably the wives that need convincing on where to play/live. Detroit I’m sure is a hard sell for Anderssons wife.

[Roko]

The quality vs quantity conversation likely. With Detroit having the better pieces and the other teams offering more pieces.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Kadri at $3.5-4 MM would entice more than a few buyers. Can’t see the Flames retaining $3MM+ on Kadri for another 3 yrs.

I could. They need to reach the cap floor and they won't be taking on any big UFA contracts anytime soon. The only notable UFAs after Andersson are Lomberg ($2M), Jake Bean ($1.75M), and Miromanov, who is buried this year anyway.

Next year, Markstrom's retention comes off the books. If we trade all three veterans we will be going into next season with only $70 M in payroll. The cap floor is $76.9 M. We would still need to sign a veteran or trade for an LTIR contract even if we retained 3.5M on Kadri's contract. It makes all sorts of sense for them to retain on him, especially if it sweetens the deal. We aren't handing out any big contracts anytime soon.

I guess I should pause and say thank god for Jonathan Huberdeau's bloated $10 M contract. We'd never reach the cap floor if not for him.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Roko

The quality vs quantity conversation likely. With Detroit having the better pieces and the other teams offering more pieces.

I agree, in my opinion the Flames need to start focusing on bringing in higher quality prospects. We are already full of B level prospects.

[Fire It Up]

Not sure how it compares but a while ago some guys on here mentioned maybe a name like Hemming out of Dallas as part of a Raz trade. How does he compare to Danielson? Liked his game at the WJ.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Fire It Up

Not sure how it compares but a while ago some guys on here mentioned maybe a name like Hemming out of Dallas as part of a Raz trade. How does he compare to Danielson? Liked his game at the WJ.

Hemming to Danielson isn’t a fair comparison. Danielson plays the center position and is a far better prospect than Hemming.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Yeah I’ve thought about Sam O’Reilly from Tampa for Coleman as well.

Dream home runs:

To DET: Andersson (extended)
To CGY: Danielson, ‘27 1st

To WSH: Kadri (50% retained - and informed OV isn’t retiring)
To CGY: Cristall, ‘26 1st

To TBL: Coleman (50% retained)
To CGY: O’Reilly, ‘26 or ‘27 2nd

That’d be smashing.

That seems fairly underwhelming for Kadri especially after eating 50% of the salary. I am with you on the other deals

[browntrout]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

That seems fairly underwhelming for Kadri especially after eating 50% of the salary. I am with you on the other deals

I don't know, if you can get a 2026 1st round pick, being mindful that this is deep draft year, for a retained Kadri, you take that and run.

The 3.5 that CC would eat, can go to getting to the cap floor.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by browntrout

I don't know, if you can get a 2026 1st round pick, being mindful that this is deep draft year, for a retained Kadri, you take that and run.

The 3.5 that CC would eat, can go to getting to the cap floor.

I disagree. I think Kadri should get the biggest return of the 3 and if you eat half the salary he should be getting way more than Andersson or Coleman. I think without salary retained that is a fair trade but eating $3.5M per for 3 years it should be 2x 1st plus Cristal. Kadri at $3.5M is an insane steal

[Roko]

Originally Posted by Royle9

LA
TOR
DAL
CAR
OTT
VGK

Det - Danielson + 27 1st

Using the presumed ask for DET. What are looking at for each team here? Rough guesses

LA - Greentree + 1st + ?
Tor - all their random picks and garbage
Dal - Hemming + 27 1st
Car - Nadeau + 1st?
Ott - Hensler + 1st?
Vgk - Ihs-Woz + 27 1st

[Sofa GM]

Does it make sense for the Flames to be foregoing receiving high draft capital in return for more established prospects. There was a previous post about the amount of draft capital the Flames have attained for the upcoming draft, so wondering if instead of acquiring more draft picks we can get a better prospect in return (where it makes sense of course).

For example, is there a situation with Detroit that could bring both Danielson and ASP in return.

To DET
Andersson (signed)

To CGY
Danielson
ASP

Perhaps we maybe even exchange mid round picks in proposal above to even it out. Having multiple 1st round picks in drafts is great, but I do think there has to be a mix of just getting picks vs real good prospects.

[keenan87]

I think we will see this done today. My guess is early afternoon.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Royle9

I know there’s as many as 3 different “scenarios” from Detroit with varying picks and prospects.

I’ve been told who CGY has kept an eye on and has interest, but I haven’t heard of specific deals. Same names as previously reported:

Danielson
MB-Nygard
ASP

Other teams who are believed to have had serious conversations in the last 48hours:

LA
TOR
DAL
CAR
OTT
VGK

Are all the possible trade scenarios for an extended Ras?

Any for just a pure rental?

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Does it make sense for the Flames to be foregoing receiving high draft capital in return for more established prospects. There was a previous post about the amount of draft capital the Flames have attained for the upcoming draft, so wondering if instead of acquiring more draft picks we can get a better prospect in return (where it makes sense of course).

For example, is there a situation with Detroit that could bring both Danielson and ASP in return.

To DET
Andersson (signed)

To CGY
Danielson
ASP

Perhaps we maybe even exchange mid round picks in proposal above to even it out. Having multiple 1st round picks in drafts is great, but I do think there has to be a mix of just getting picks vs real good prospects.

I think the chances of getting both danielson and asp in a trade for a signed Anderson are close to zero.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

I disagree. I think Kadri should get the biggest return of the 3 and if you eat half the salary he should be getting way more than Andersson or Coleman. I think without salary retained that is a fair trade but eating $3.5M per for 3 years it should be 2x 1st plus Cristal. Kadri at $3.5M is an insane steal

If the Flames are willing to retain that much on Kadri, moving him to the Canadiens makes too much sense.

The Habs get a veteran presence for a very young team and the Flames have space to take a cap dump in return since the Habs are up against the cap (Anderson or Laine)

[Major Major]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

If the Flames are willing to retain that much on Kadri, moving him to the Canadiens makes too much sense.

The Habs get a veteran presence for a very young team and the Flames have space to take a cap dump in return since the Habs are up against the cap (Anderson or Laine)

When untouchables become... Touchable

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

I think the chances of getting both danielson and asp in a trade for a signed Anderson are close to zero.

I agree with you, but would the Flames be willing to add. Is this where they use their 2nd rounder or even Vegas 1st?