2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[ComixZone]

Minnesota clearing cap space/roster space...Hinostroza out

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

If the Leafs or Blackhawks pass the Flames in the lottery I'm going to be sick.

I think the Flames are going to win very few games down the stretch.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think the Flames are going to win very few games down the stretch.

Sorry I meant win the lottery.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I don't think freeing up a spot for Bill is a reason to trade Coleman.
In fact i don't think there are NHL ready prospects in the pipeline right now. 1 year from now? Yes. Now? No.

Whether it's Bill or someone else I feel strongly the flames need to move some of these guys in their mid 30s out and start trying to find some guys who could be in those slots long run for us. for me the play is to try stromgren down the stretch and if he doesnt look like he is the answer trade one of these many picks for a younger winger who could slot in there and try something different in October


Respect the perspective and I dont think you trade him JUST to open the slot up, but it is a part of it, he is not a part of the future here and the forward group is way too old


I dont think you do it for a 3rd but for me a 2nd is fine

[Eric Vail]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think the Flames are going to win very few games down the stretch.

Especially if they move Kadri.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think the Flames are going to win very few games down the stretch.

Yeah my only worry is "Flames" luck in the lottery but that is out of the teams hands.

[Gaudreau is a Ninja]

Quiet before the storm

[Buff]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Minnesota clearing cap space/roster space...Hinostroza out

That 775,000 was really hampering them.

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

Especially if they move Kadri.

They could add a top line center and still lose out this season LOL.


Flames might currently have the worst defence in the entire league.

[sureLoss]

Sounds like Wild are done:

https://twitter.com/user/status/2029977329464910325

[jmac98]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think the Flames are going to win very few games down the stretch.

And there's starting show a small gap of separation from the bottom 5 to the rest, so hopefully that trend continues.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Minnesota clearing cap space/roster space...Hinostroza out

Interesting. I could see Minny taking the leap without retention at the 11th hour, they are all in this year.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Bingo

That's ignoring a lot of the risk with the slot discussed today.

It's a risk the Flames have to take.

Kadri is the most important piece this team has lefft to move on their roster, all those other names listed this morning are not nearly as important as moving Kadri.

Honestly to me 3 years or 4 years...have to take the risk.

Then you plan and make your decisions on having 2 slots available.

You're going to want to move Kadri at some point and retention is always going to be required, or taking back a worse contract.

I'd rather do it now and get assets back instead of in the future where it might just be done to dump the money.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Sounds like Wild are done:

https://twitter.com/user/status/2029977329464910325

Sounds like the chess game is on....

[N-E-B]

Maybe I'm nuts but simply getting out of that Kadri deal is a win. I would take whatever I could get for him with no retention (even if it's lower than you'd like) simply to have that albatross off the books. The Flames better be careful because if they don't move Kadri soon the chances of being stuck with that contract increase significantly. We're already screwed with Huberdeau. We don't need two of those contracts.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Again, isn't taking on bad cap the other way a possibility to navigate around retention?

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

Especially if they move Kadri.

Bahl-Whitecloud
Kuznetzov-BRZ
Maatta-Parekh

Doesn’t matter if Kadri is here - they’re gonna get boat raced more often than not.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Again, isn't taking on bad cap the other way a possibility to navigate around retention?

Yeah but the other team would be wanting to move out bad cap with a similar term. That is the kicker

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

It's a risk the Flames have to take.

Kadri is the most important piece this team has lefft to move on their roster, all those other names listed this morning are not nearly as important as moving Kadri.

Honestly to me 3 years or 4 years...have to take the risk.

Then you plan and make your decisions on having 2 slots available.

You're going to want to move Kadri at some point and retention is always going to be required.

I'd rather do it now and get assets back instead of in the future where it might just be done to dump the money.

I just don't get all the assumptions as fact.

I hope they find a way to do it without retention or get a bump in the Coleman offer that doesn't require retention and they do Kadri with.

But I don't think they are flippant to say we have to take the risk of a 3 year loss of a slot and the buy out implications.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Again, isn't taking on bad cap the other way a possibility to navigate around retention?

My guess is the Carolina deal would have been no retention but with a bad contract coming back but he wouldn't waive to go there.

That would be the preferred scenario for sure but I'm not sure how many teams have a bad contract with 2-3 years of term left that are also looking to move for Kadri.

Originally Posted by Bingo

I just don't get all the assumptions as fact.

I hope they find a way to do it without retention or get a bump in the Coleman offer that doesn't require retention and they do Kadri with.

But I don't think they are flippant to say we have to take the risk of a 3 year loss of a slot and the buy out implications.

They would have all that data right now IMO because I don't think the offers or the situation gets better in the offseason for Kadri.

They would have all the offers on the table. They would know if they had bad contracts they could take in return or if they would require retention.

I think my point is more the Flames would have all the data they need to make the decision right now, and I don't think it changes a ton in the offseason. And it feels like the market is telling them they need to retain on the player if they want to move him.

The reality is I don't think you're getting a great return for Kadri unless you are either willing to retain, or take back a bad contract, and that's not going to change.

Edit: Actually there are maybe two teams that could change things a bit in the offseason...if the Kings and Leafs shed players and stockpile picks now they might be interested in Kadri in the offseason. But I'm not sure I'd bank on that.