2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

If Reschny was having the exact same year he's having right now but was taken 10 spots higher in the draft, would be still only have third-liner potential

McQueen and Lindstrom are good examples of it. They're having worse seasons than Reschny, but are likely still seen as the better prospects by the casual fan.

To put things in perspective. Tynan Lawrence was supposed to be the top C in the 2026 draft, but he's struggling in BU right now with 0 points in 5 games, after dominating in the USHL to start the year. That McKenna kid which many here want to tank for, is actually producing at exactly the same rate as Reschny right now in the NCAA.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I don't think he has only 3rd line potential - but draft position is still a key information point and shouldn't be ignored 7 months after the draft.

Once he figured things out in his draft year, his production was fantastic, including in the playoffs. If you were to look at his last 12 months, he's doing extremely well.

[Rhett44]

I will not accept any slander to Reschny or Parekh!

They still have a lot of developing to do, but I like both players. Zayne could still become an elite dman with his potential. And Reschny could certainly become a 1st line center one day if he keeps exceeding expectations.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I will not accept any slander to Reschny or Parekh!

They still have a lot of developing to do, but I like both players. Zayne could still become an elite dman with his potential. And Reschny could certainly become a 1st line center one day if he keeps exceeding expectations.

Sorry Rhett, thanks for this post but you’re supposed to be negative all the time so I don’t know how to address this post

/s

[dammage79]

I think there's such a thing as over analyzing a game. And this is where we are at.

It's supposed to be fun and hopeful and instead there's too much analysis. Enjoy the game. Don't spend souch time breaking down each player on your team.

If you convince yourself a kids a loser before ever playing the NHL game , you're doing yourself a disservice.

The fun thing about sport and hockey specifically, is that magical moments can come from anywhere. And that's the joy. Look at uhhh.... God who was that guy on Chicago who went all super Saiyan in one of the playoff runs and got paid a stupid rich contract after? Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. Just let it unfold and find the joy in those moments from whomever. Don't water it down with analytic semantics. That's what kills the game.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I don't think he has only 3rd line potential - but draft position is still a key information point and shouldn't be ignored 7 months after the draft.

How long after a draft does draft position become irrelevant? What would Reschny have to do to be ranked higher in your mind?

[Red Potato Standing By]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I will not accept any slander to Reschny or Parekh!

They still have a lot of developing to do, but I like both players. Zayne could still become an elite dman with his potential. And Reschny could certainly become a 1st line center one day if he keeps exceeding expectations.

I think some people treat prospect development like trades, they set their expectations at such a high level, when they are not met, they view it as a failure.people just have to learn to be patient some prospects take longer.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

How long after a draft does draft position become irrelevant? What would Reschny have to do to be ranked higher in your mind?

He can be ranked higher at any point, but you shouldn't ignore draft position likely until a player is fully developed.

Obviously example is back in 2015-2017 we used to debate that Monahan was a better pick than MacKinnon because he was outscoring him. That would now seem like a ridiculous thing to have ever discussed.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

I don't think he has only 3rd line potential - but draft position is still a key information point and shouldn't be ignored 7 months after the draft.

Why? It was a snapshot in time. If the draft were today, instead of 7 months ago, the order would be different. So why should that day in June have more weight than other day?

Who's better today? That seems like a more relevant question to me.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Why? It was a snapshot in time. If the draft were today, instead of 7 months ago, the order would be different. So why should that day in June have more weight than other day?

Who's better today? That seems like a more relevant question to me.

What is more important is who would be drafted higher today rather than who is performing better today.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

What is more important is who would be drafted higher today rather than who is performing better today.

First, I don't see why - who cares who is drafted higher?

Second, wouldn't the one playing better likely be the one that is drafted higher?

What a bizarre argument

[Enoch Root]

Sure, if one of them is 3 inches taller, and playing a more important position, those things would get factored into their value.

But that isn't the case with these two

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by bluejays

Shane Wright - last year career high of 44 points, this year lucky if he'll hit 30. He hasn't shown even flashes of being a high draft pick. If someone wants to pay up let them. We need high end talent. I'd prefer taking some swings with our 1st rounders then deal for him with one of them, which is ultimately what some poor soul will do.

It's a good point. Do the Flames see Wright as a better asset than a future 1st round pick they hold when their last two late 1st round picks got them Gridin and Potter? If they don't, is a 2nd round pick the highest the Flames go if they still want to take a shot on Wright?

[PeteMoss]

For the most part - we've seen these guys play 5 times or however many times the junior team played. Scouts have seen them play more often and have a better read on who can/will succeed in the NHL based on seeing them.

If they did a redraft - Wyttenbach probably isn't going to get picked top 5 despite out producing pretty well every draft pick this year.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

For the most part - we've seen these guys play 5 times or however many times the junior team played. Scouts have seen them play more often and have a better read on who can/will succeed in the NHL based on seeing them.

If they did a redraft - Wyttenbach probably isn't going to get picked top 5 despite out producing pretty well every draft pick this year.

True but he probably should be picked in the first round, given that he is scoring at a rate exclusively seen in first rounders (and him) over the last 20+ years

[Calgary4LIfe]

When it comes to the future in Calgary specifically down the middle, is that I hope for three things:


1) Reschny becomes a capable #1 center
2) The Flames draft an even better, bigger, and more skilled center than Reschny to bump him down to #2
3) That the Flames get an even better, an even bigger and even more skilled center to bump that one down to #2 and Reschny to #3.


I hope for good problems to have down the road (too many good prospects) rather than worry about it at this early point in the bottoming-out phase and thinking that Reschny may be the only one and that he may not work out.


Flames just need to keep adding, and the cream will rise. Maybe Reschny becomes a Sakic-light with his ability to ramp up in the important moments and do everything right? Maybe he doesn't and gets converted to the wing? Maybe Potter ends up becoming a Nick Suzuki - or even better.. or maybe he busts. Maybe Stocksellus shows us that he is an undeniable 1st line center with his size and skill, and just needed to play a little catch-up with health and development?


Nobody knows. So why are we arguing? It is perfectly fine to be a realist, and it is perfectly fine to be overly-optimistic. Picking between the two, I prefer to be optimistic as I have nothing to lose except somebody digging-up posts from the past showing how awful I am at predicting prospects' futures (Jankowski will be a 50 assist center at the NHL level!! sigh). On the other side of the coin, I hope that Conroy is a little pessimistic and just loads up prospects at every position and increases competition in all areas, especially down the spine of the team.

[Poe969]

So how bout them trade rumours?

[GioforPM]

Reschny was drafted 18th. He was ranked by THW at 15. https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-dra...us-picks-2025/

Using the new CP rounding, that's as good as a top 10 anyway.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

For the most part - we've seen these guys play 5 times or however many times the junior team played. Scouts have seen them play more often and have a better read on who can/will succeed in the NHL based on seeing them.

If they did a redraft - Wyttenbach probably isn't going to get picked top 5 despite out producing pretty well every draft pick this year.

Of course, the scouts have seen them play more, and would have a much better read than us.

But that has literally nothing to do with where they had them ranked last year. And you have no idea where they have them ranked now, so how does that support your argument?

Wyttenbach would probably slot in as a late 1st or early 2nd right now. But that's because he is fairly small, and is a winger. What they WOULDN'T do, is discount his value, simply because he went in the 5th round last summer.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Of course, the scouts have seen them play more, and would have a much better read than us.

But that has literally nothing to do with where they had them ranked last year. And you have no idea where they have them ranked now, so how does that support your argument?

Wyttenbach would probably slot in as a late 1st or early 2nd right now. But that's because he is fairly small, and is a winger. What they WOULDN'T do, is discount his value, simply because he went in the 5th round last summer.

THW ranks Reschny as the number 19 prospect in the NHL period (regardless of draft year). For comparison they rank Iginla 15, Parekh 2, Misa 1. He's the 9th ranked centre (they count Tij as a C).

Cole Reschny is a highly skilled forward who was excellent for the Victoria Royals last season, leading the team in scoring despite being just 17 for most of the season. Reschny earned significant time on both special teams, and his combination of playmaking and hockey sense made him an effective addition to both. His best trait is his excellent passing, but he also has the kind of edgework that makes him really slippery in open ice, dodging hits and making checkers look silly. Reschny strikes me as one of those players who would have been talked about in the top-10 of the 2025 Draft if he had been just an inch or two taller so I think the Flames made out well getting him at 18.

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-top...pects-ranking/

Edit: size wise, yeah, he's 5'11". But he's 183 lb, which is as hefty as all the other drafted Cs