Confirmed with Link: Flames trade Pelletier + Kuzmenko + 2025 2nd, 2028 7th round picks to the Flyers for Frost + Farabee

[crackdown44]

I love Kerins as much as the next guy but surely there’s no one complaining about this deal because it potentially blocks our soon to be 23 year old former 6th round pick

 

[Lunatik]

I love Kerins as much as the next guy but surely there’s no one complaining about this deal because it potentially blocks our soon to be 23 year old former 6th round pick

Except 1 person is

 

[Rubi]

Sure... the Flames won this trade and got better on paper but anybody besides me think Conroy is now cementing our future in middle of the pack of mediocrity because of this latest push to squeeze into a playoff spot? Seems like drafting a franchise forward (hopefully a center) is becoming more and more of a pipe dream now. Good enough to make the playoffs and maybe win a round or two if we play perfect hockey and get a bounce or two but no where good enough to win it all because of a lack of top end talent. I was hoping to fix that in the next few drafts but I think that dream is slowly fading away.

 

[FlamerForLife]

Sure... the Flames won this trade and got better on paper but anybody besides me think Conroy is now cementing our future in middle of the pack of mediocrity because of this latest push to squeeze into a playoff spot? Seems like drafting a franchise forward (hopefully a center) is becoming more and more of a pipe dream now. Good enough to make the playoffs and maybe win a round or two if we play perfect hockey and get a bounce or two but no where good enough to win it all because of a lack of top end talent. I was hoping to fix that in the next few drafts but I think that dream is slowly fading away.

It's pretty clear with the way Wolf is playing that we aren't going to bottom out and get a top 5 pick, so not sure how this trade cements us in the middle of the pack of mediocrity? The most valuable asset we gave up is a 2nd round pick probably in the 40-50 range while acquiring two U-26 forwards who can provide us with more goal scoring than the roster players we traded. It doesn't make us a superpower but your reaction is making it seem like we traded a 1st for a 30+ UFA

 

[Body Checker]

Wish Pelletier well; great kid. But his position and skill set were definitely expendable with left shot prospects Basha, Battaglia, Suniev, Gridin, Kerins, Misa and Stromgren all advancing as prospects this year. So we get two more left shot forwards further down the line than Pelts and have the above group arriving in coming years.

 

[Darth Vladar]

Sure... the Flames won this trade and got better on paper but anybody besides me think Conroy is cementing our future in middle of the pack of mediocrity? Seems like drafting a franchise forward (hopefully a center) is becoming more and more of a pipe dream now. Good enough to make the playoffs and maybe win a round or two if we play perfect hockey and get a bounce or two but no where good enough to win it all because of a lack of top end talent. I was hoping to fix that in the next few drafts but I think that dream is slowly fading away.

It’s likely that none of the four 1st rounders we have in the next two drafts will be in the top-10, but that isn’t to say we won’t still get quality players with those picks. I don’t know if I would necessarily deem any player in this upcoming draft as a “franchise forward” in the sense that I think you mean it anyway. I’ve been watching a bit of tape recently on a few of the players who should still be available when it’s our turn to pick, and I honestly think we could end up with as good of a player as anybody else. There is a better chance with two picks that one of them pans out.

I’m personally thrilled with the way Conny is going about this. I might have been skeptical if he’d started adding high-profile, albeit aging veterans, deluded into thinking the team is closer than they actually are, but I do believe he genuinely made this move with an eye on the future. Frost and Farabee are young players with upside who fill the immediate weak areas in their lineup, and those respective contracts give him a lot of options moving forward. Plus a bit of stasis in the Flames’ lineup will take a bit of pressure off the Wranglers with all the recent uncertainty of not knowing from one day to the next who will or won’t be on the team, so they can just focus on finishing out their stellar season.

 

[The Gnome]

I just don't understand how anyone can be mad thinking we will never get a top end center without a #1 overall pick? This isn't a video game, and very high end talent can be found all over drafts. Flames fans should be peeing rainbows realizing we have a ton of up and coming talent and one of the best young goalies in the league. If we miss the WC by one point I'll still be over the moon. This team is gonna be scary good in a few years.

 

[scumpup]

not gonna lie, seeing how happy this fanbase is with regards to their organization is incredible to me. Like you're not supposed to want to throw up at the sight of your own team? incredible stuff. Will be watching some games to see how our boys are doing.

In regards to frost being a "mediocre" piece, look at his analytics, with proper usage (and a team favorable extension) he fits the profile for a really high end 3C on a cup winning team, Farabee saw a lot of success with Claude Giroux and Kevin Hayes in his early years, both Frost and Farabee are very smart with great vision. This trade could put you guys firmly ahead of the Kings in the standings if the players return to form.