2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by 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.

That doesn't address what Seattle are looking for in return for Wright.

Replace Hanley with Sharangovich if you may. A 20g scorer and a couple picks may work.

But I bet they'd ask for Coronato.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Wright might be closer to Zegras' value actually

That is probably correct, a 2nd and a 3rd and a player (Hanley or Yegor) should do the trick. There are lots of similar trades, Kakko, Zegras. Those are the correct comparables.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by dammage79

That doesn't address what Seattle are looking for in return for Wright.

Replace Hanley with Sharangovich if you may. A 20g scorer and a couple picks may work.

But I bet they'd ask for Coronato.

They can ask. They can get hung up on.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Toonage

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

This post is terrible off tonight?

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Originally Posted by dino7c

This post is terrible off tonight?

Hey some of us have to work in the morning

[TheScorpion]

I would give up maybe a third-round pick for Wright.

[SuperMatt18]

I'd do the Vegas 1st probably but anything more than that is likely an overpayment.

Trying to think of a good comp of a top 5 pick that was underperforming moved in their draft+3 or 4.

Strome + Perlini for Schmaltz

Patrick and Myers for Ryan Ellis

Kotkaniemi offer sheet was a 1st and 3rd

Dach for a 1st and a 3rd

Really nothing remarkable and no way he's worth more than a 1st right now IMO

[ForeverFlameFan]

Doubt Seattle trades him. He's worth more to them than he is to any other team in the league. Yes, we need a center, but Wright ain't it. If he was the real deal, then Seattle wouldn't be moving him in the first place.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I would give up maybe a third-round pick for Wright.

I’d do a second, but not a really early one. Worst case, he plays his way out of the league in a couple of seasons, which is as much as you get from the average second-round pick. Best case, you get a useful player for several years.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Doubt Seattle trades him. He's worth more to them than he is to any other team in the league. Yes, we need a center, but Wright ain't it. If he was the real deal, then Seattle wouldn't be moving him in the first place.

He wouldn't be the first player in history to have a big rebound on his second team

[Braden]

I mean looking at Wright's regression, he started the season with 13 points in 20 games, and then just 4 points the in the last 29 games. Not sure I would write him off for having a not very great 2 months. I would take a gamble on him, fits our need for C.

NHL stats are not a whole lot different than Coronato really.

He's also already played for 3 different NHL coaches in his 140 games.

I think it's more he's said to have some character issues? Or that could be overblown?

Take it with a grain of salt as I haven't watched him play this year.

[Tbull8]

Which trade pieces do we have with 0 trade protection? I can see Buffalo making a splash at the deadline if they continue to hold down a playoff spot. After years of missing, it could be huge for their fans to make a push

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Which trade pieces do we have with 0 trade protection? I can see Buffalo making a splash at the deadline if they continue to hold down a playoff spot. After years of missing, it could be huge for their fans to make a push

Players with trade protection: Huberdeau, Kadri, Sharangovich, Coleman, Backlund and Weeger

[YyjFlames]

Originally Posted by Tbull8

Which trade pieces do we have with 0 trade protection? I can see Buffalo making a splash at the deadline if they continue to hold down a playoff spot. After years of missing, it could be huge for their fans to make a push

I was thinking the same thing today. That team is the most intriguing to me on what they might do this year. Getting into the playoffs would be huge for the team to build momentum and get the core to buy in to what it takes to succeed. I could see Kekailanen doing something interesting.

Doubt the flames have the players without ntcs to make something work, but Kadri, Coleman and Whitecloud would all be great production and leadership pieces, with playoff pedigree, for Buffalo to make a run.

I’d love to get Helenius for the three of them, but no way Buffalo does that deal (and they wouldn’t waive regardless) especially with the Finnish connection.

Still, fascinating team to see what they might do.

[YyjFlames]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I would give up maybe a third-round pick for Wright.

I’m very curious about why only a third. He still has a ton of potential… and lots of players break out after 22. (Coronato, for example, was seriously undervalued on this board until last year, getting thrown as an add into every trade proposal… but he had a ton of potential and now is basically untouchable).

[Calgary4LIfe]

Laine + CLB 2026 2nd round pick for future considerations.

Nice tidy work given that this exact draft pick is what Columbus sent over with Laine (though they got Harris back). This was seen widely as a pure cap dump, but one that may have worked out like Monahan did for them.

Laine has simply been worse now. Maybe stipulate that Calgary gets the better 2nd round pick - CLB's or LA's (currently tied in points right now). That will give them a lot of flexibility. Laine is currently on the IR right now, but is apparently already skating in a regular jersey, so he is looking like he will be back soon. I would love a first, but there's only half a season left, so a 2nd seems fair to me, and approximates Monahan's cap hit percentage vs Laines' (being a little generous). Maybe add a 4th as well to the deal.

Laine + 2nd + 4th (they hold 3, but it is a mess of conditions on all of them) for future considerations.

If Montreal wants to be buyers, they sure could use the cap room and roster flexibility. I doubt that they are interested in Kadri any longer with Kapanen looking decent and the Danault trade (though it is a big step down from Kadri).

I would also do Laine + 1st +2nd for Coleman. That's an easy trade, really, if Coleman is willing to go there, and if Montreal really does want him.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Braden

I mean looking at Wright's regression, he started the season with 13 points in 20 games, and then just 4 points the in the last 29 games. Not sure I would write him off for having a not very great 2 months. I would take a gamble on him, fits our need for C.

NHL stats are not a whole lot different than Coronato really.

He's also already played for 3 different NHL coaches in his 140 games.

I think it's more he's said to have some character issues? Or that could be overblown?

Take it with a grain of salt as I haven't watched him play this year.

He tops out as a 2C at this point in his career. 3C is what I'd predict. I'm confident we can re-sign Frost if required, and Reschny is not likely to be a 1C.

Trading for a centre that doesn't at least have some chance of being the top line guy is only gonna keep us mired in mediocrity. In all likelihood we need to draft that guy, hopefully next year, because I don't think there's a 1C potential guy this year.

Not even taking into account his well-documented attitude problems.

[Braden]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

He tops out as a 2C at this point in his career. 3C is what I'd predict. I'm confident we can re-sign Frost if required, and Reschny is not likely to be a 1C.

Trading for a centre that doesn't at least have some chance of being the top line guy is only gonna keep us mired in mediocrity. In all likelihood we need to draft that guy, hopefully next year, because I don't think there's a 1C potential guy this year.

Not even taking into account his well-documented attitude problems.

Not disagreeing if there's attitude problems there, but has there really been any reports about it since the draft ordeal? I could forgive a 18 year old kid for being upset he didn't go 1st after being told by the media for 2 years he would.

He literally just turned 22, all this talk about development not being linear I'm not sure how anyone can confidently say that. He's only what 9 months older then Nate Danielson

Remove a Coleman, Kadri, Whitecloud, and insert young NHL C, that would be giving a him alot of credit if he could single handedly keep us mid.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Braden

I mean looking at Wright's regression, he started the season with 13 points in 20 games, and then just 4 points the in the last 29 games. Not sure I would write him off for having a not very great 2 months. I would take a gamble on him, fits our need for C.

NHL stats are not a whole lot different than Coronato really.

He's also already played for 3 different NHL coaches in his 140 games.

I think it's more he's said to have some character issues? Or that could be overblown?

Take it with a grain of salt as I haven't watched him play this year.

Coronato is on pace for 22 goals and 22 assists. He has not dropped off from last year, he has just not taken an additional step, albeit he is on a pretty poor team. I would have much more confidence in saying that Coronatlo is a top 6 forward for the next 8-10 years than I would in saying the same about Wright.

[Bonded]

I’d be fine if they took a buy low swing on Wright just like I would have been good with them doing the same for Zegras. I wouldn’t want them to spend high end assets.