2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Vox]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

I see this argument all the time, can you show me some examples of players not signing with a club because they didn’t like how another player was treated?

Unless a UFA plans on playing as poorly as Huby is they would have nothing to worry about.

I had breakfast with Robyn Regehr at a charity tournament many years ago, and he was discussing how he, and many other players he knew, would need to be paid significantly more money to play for Kevin Lowe because of the way he treated Mike Comrie.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Vox

I had breakfast with Robyn Regehr at a charity tournament many years ago, and he was discussing how he, and many other players he knew, would need to be paid significantly more money to play for Kevin Lowe because of the way he treated Mike Comrie.

I've heard that players based their NTCs on whether Bob Hartley was coaching a team.

[transplant99]

I know of a player that had a stipulation (to sign with a team) that he could never be traded to another team coached by Mike Keenan.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

I see this argument all the time, can you show me some examples of players not signing with a club because they didn’t like how another player was treated?

Unless a UFA plans on playing as poorly as Huby is they would have nothing to worry about.

You want examples of players not signing in cities? Every player signed made a choice, and they're sure not going to come out and say "Calgary was there, but they're ###### bags so I took a pass"

Where you will see it is on the NTC frequency charts in those player interviews.

Treating players well matters. How much is up for debate for sure, but it's not zero.

You can tell when players talk about asking other players about the situation before a trade etc.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Bingo

You want examples of players not signing in cities? Every player signed made a choice, and they're sure not going to come out and say "Calgary was there, but they're ###### bags so I took a pass"

Where you will see it is on the NTC frequency charts in those player interviews.

Treating players well matters. How much is up for debate for sure, but it's not zero.

You can tell when players talk about asking other players about the situation before a trade etc.

And you always hear about players selling their friends on playing in their city. I’m sure how the club treats players is part of that conversation.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Frost and Coleman are both better than Wright.

MAYBE he becomes more, at some point, but right now he is regressing, not progressing

Frost is turning 27 soon and Wright just turned 22. Career high in points is almost the same.

If Seattle trades Wright, they probably want to make a push for the playoffs. With 2 1sts in each of the next draft, a deep prospect pool and young players like Catton and O'Brien, I can see Seattle moving Wright.

If all we have to give up is 2 UFAs in the summer of 27, why not. Frost isn't worth a 1st right now, Coleman is but it is likely a late 1st. It would easily be worth a look and maybe we can snag a mid pick back with Wright,

Until Wright gets 16+ mins a night, it's very hard to give up on him at age 22.

[Geeoff]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

Frost is turning 27 soon and Wright just turned 22. Career high in points is almost the same.

If Seattle trades Wright, they probably want to make a push for the playoffs. With 2 1sts in each of the next draft, a deep prospect pool and young players like Catton and O'Brien, I can see Seattle moving Wright.

If all we have to give up is 2 UFAs in the summer of 27, why not. Frost isn't worth a 1st right now, Coleman is but it is likely a late 1st. It would easily be worth a look and maybe we can snag a mid pick back with Wright,

Until Wright gets 16+ mins a night, it's very hard to give up on him at age 22.

Yeah my thought was at worst you get younger on Frost. Wright is only shooting 9% this season, so I do think he's a little snake bitten.


Would also rather get Seattle draft picks than from a real contender

[Toonage]

I would be very surprised if Wright were actually available.

The Kraken have a number of players they could potentially move this year despite being a playoff bubble team. Makes more sense to move them and roll the dice than it does to move Wright and the others or potentially lose any of the UFAs for nothing.

Eberle, Schwartz, Oleksiak, Tolvanen. I could see them moving on from these guys even in a playoff spot.

[Iggy_12]

I dont see it with Shane Wright personally.

[Ped]

Teams like Vegas, New York, and Florida can treat players a little worse because those are locations the players want to go to, for a variety of reasons. For teams that aren't preferred destinations, such as Calgary or Winnipeg or Columbus, it probably does make a difference if the players are treated well - how much is pretty much up to each individual player.

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by Iggy_12

I dont see it with Shane Wright personally.

I'd like to see what he (and many others on that team) look like with stable lines. They've had a bunch of injuries and call ups and seem to juggle the lines nightly. I'm not sure Wright has had that since he's entered the league. Also getting the Bennett/Zary treatment a bit, is he a winger or centre? They don't seem to know yet.

[mile]

https://twitter.com/user/status/2014348972236624028

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by mile

https://twitter.com/user/status/2014348972236624028

Damn what a shame...

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Regarding Huberdeau, I still think the best player that will lead the Flames isn't even under contract yet. So in 4 to 5 years is when you need the money and have to consider what to do with Huberdeau. In '29 He will have a couple years left and his NMC goes to a 13 team NTC.

A buy out in '29 you get no saving (83k), but in '30 you get 4.6M of cap space followed up 2 years of 1M dead cap space. Not terrible if the big pay day contract for that future star kicks in 2030.

Buyout in 30 you get 3.6M cap followed by 1 year of 2M dead cap. If you can get to 2030 you just need to see if someone will trade for his contract 50% for a pick or if he can play it out.

There is also a chance that Huberdeau developed chemistry with the top skilled player we draft this year too.

[Ped]

Pagnotta reporting that San Jose is interested in blueliners, but more so in younger guys like Braden Schneider

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

Frost is turning 27 soon and Wright just turned 22. Career high in points is almost the same.

If Seattle trades Wright, they probably want to make a push for the playoffs. With 2 1sts in each of the next draft, a deep prospect pool and young players like Catton and O'Brien, I can see Seattle moving Wright.

If all we have to give up is 2 UFAs in the summer of 27, why not. Frost isn't worth a 1st right now, Coleman is but it is likely a late 1st. It would easily be worth a look and maybe we can snag a mid pick back with Wright,

Until Wright gets 16+ mins a night, it's very hard to give up on him at age 22.

I never said don't acquire Wright - it never hurts to go after a reclamation project. I simply said Wright isn't worth both Frost and Coleman.

A more sensible offer for Wright, if you wanted to include Frost might be Frost + 3rd, or maybe a 2nd max.

But Wright, despite being 22, is regressing. And that is usually a very bad sign at that age. So there is no way I would give up Coleman + for him.

[traptor]

Wright and Coronato have very similar professional production at this point.


Wright is a year younger, RHS C.


I'd easily give up a vgk 1st for him

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by traptor

Wright and Coronato have very similar professional production at this point.


Wright is a year younger, RHS C.


I'd easily give up a vgk 1st for him

I don't think he moves as they want a top line or top six player back depending on the rumour

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I never said don't acquire Wright - it never hurts to go after a reclamation project. I simply said Wright isn't worth both Frost and Coleman.

A more sensible offer for Wright, if you wanted to include Frost might be Frost + 3rd, or maybe a 2nd max.

But Wright, despite being 22, is regressing. And that is usually a very bad sign at that age. So there is no way I would give up Coleman + for him.

My response said I would trade Coleman and Frost for Wright and maybe try to get a mid-pick back. A late 1st and a 2nd (IMO that is Frost and Coleman's value) are around 30% chance of drafting a top 6 forward. If Conroy can get a 1st that might be in the top 20 for Coleman alone, maybe I go in a different direction. Wright for me still has top 6 potential and until he gets Frost's opportunity, hard to say he is regressing.

Underlying numbers for Wright are good
Frost gets triple the PP time
Wright is 4 years young and many years from UFA status.
There is a good chance that Coleman gets us a 1st down the road.
We need a young center that can play now and he would get 15+ mins a night here. If he got Frost opportunity, I could see him out producing Frost immediately as Frost has all of 6 more points than Wright who gets a significantly less role in Seattle.

Getting a 1st and a 2nd are very much maybes for the Flames. I can see Wright paying off immediately.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Are there any actual rumors about Wright or is this is pure speculation? And if so, what's fueling that?