[Trade] Weegar to Utah for Maatta, Castagna, 3 x 2026 2nd rounders

[devo22]

I don't know what people expected. This seems pretty solid.

[mile]

Being able to draft the Ruck twins would feel like adding a top blue-chip prospect to the pipeline

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Muta

Six picks in the first two rounds, and eight in the first three rounds, is nuts.

I kind of wish we had that many in 2027. More top end next year.

But I'll take it.

[Reggie Dunlop]

[Reign of Fire]

This is a pretty good trade. Those 3 seconds could be huge, and I am not going to judge a prospect I know nothing about. At least he's a center and a little light reading suggest he could be pretty good. Let's not forget Weegar had a lot of years left on his contract.

[Canada 02]

Jonathan Castagna is a Aydar Suniev level prospect, IMO

[Buff]

Originally Posted by agulati

Parayko is potentially getting a prospect who was picked top ten last year + a 1st. I wouldn’t think the drop off in value should be this substantial.

Parayko wasn't traded.

[Fan69]

Good heavens i just dont get how some people evaluate things.

As of right now according to the pucks tankathon is showing the trade is:

Castagna-Shcherbakov-Schairer-Pugachyov.

Now to be fair i dont like all those picks to it could easily be combined with our own 2nd and also look like
Shcherbakov-Ruck-Ruck-Vandenberg.

Helps give some idea but it could also be ammo that you wslk out of the first with One of the top five nad then try to get Bjork in the teens .

Flexibility, ammo to make deals , or just load up on prospects.

Castagna may be a little underrated here due to draft position but for myself draft position goes out the window for the most part year after draft.

[DJones]

Originally Posted by agulati

Parayko is potentially getting a prospect who was picked top ten last year + a 1st. I wouldn’t think the drop off in value should be this substantial.

Ya like why the hell would they trade Weegar when hes playing so poorly. Give him the summer and trade him next year.

Such an odd deal, out of nowhere and felt rushed for no reason

[Nelson]

Craig Conroy's strength is scouting. I generally give him the benefit of the doubt with his player evaluations, especially because I've already seen enough to believe Jonathan Costagna is a legitimate prospect.

Three seconds in a deep draft will be used well by Conroy, who has been drafting very well.

Olli Maata is a whatever.

I like the trade!

[ComixZone]

Also…I mean…you think Kadri is staying now?

This is as pure as tank-trades get.

I love it.

[8sPOT]

I personally think this is a great move. The Flames are going nowhere fast, moving Weegar out, gaining a center prospect and THREE 2nd round 2026 picks, which are the Rangers, Senators and Mammoth picks so they will likely be pretty good.

Not to mention the subtraction of Weegar makes the team worse, increasing the chance of a better 1st round pick this year and also allowing some young guys to play.

I like it.

Bring on more trades acquiring picks and prospects!

[Roko]

Conroy continues to add a ton of pieces. Nothing golden yet but many brass pieces could turn into gold.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by devo22

I don't know what people expected. This seems pretty solid.

Maybe one of their top 3 center prospects instead of the 4th or 5th best?

But it's fine. If the Flames staff see something, I trust them enough to believe them.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

The value is fair but I would have waited to make the deal I think.

Buffalo reportedly has Mrtka and a 1st on the table for Parayko.

If that falls through are we sure they wouldn't circle back to the Flames?

How about San Jose, Detroit or others looking for a RH dman.

I figured the speed at which this traded happened meant is was a clear overpay and flames were getting a true blue chip prospect back.

Instead it feels like a bit like a grab bag of good but not great pieces

They were trading Mackenzie Weegar, a good but not great defenseman who’s owed $30M.

They were never gonna get Iggy Jr or anyone else in that ‘can’t miss’ conversation.

[Ashasx]

With this trade out of the way, excited to see what we get for Coleman and potentially Kadri.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Have to think Conroy is a fan of this draft if he was willing to give up our top minute-munching D for picks.

I am alright with this and given our scouts lately, this is just more bullets in the chamber.

[Rhett44]

And to everyone who says it is a bad trade: we just made ourselves worse. This will help our chances of a top pick the next 2 years.

We also were not expecting to trade Weegar. Then we got Whitecloud who made him expendable. We got three 2nd round picks and a prospect as a bonus!

This absolutely helps the rebuild tremendously.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Guarantee Conroy has a plan for those three picks ...

I really hope that plan is to pick players at the draft with them.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

We got out of 5 years of Weegar’s contract and didn’t have to burn our last retention slot.

And four prospects, one of whom is a 6 ft 2 200 lb centre.

…… booooooooo. Right? Right guys?

(Obviously joking)