Confirmed Trade: [CGY/PHI] Morgan Frost, Joel Farabee for Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, 2025 2nd, 2028 7th

Brzustewicz went from putting up 92 points in 67 games in the OHL to 15 point in 42 games in the AHL. The guy the Flames drafted with the 1st seems to be having an underwhelming D+1 year as well.

It really looks like a lose-lose to me.
This is just an absolutely abysmal take.

Not only is it vastly easier to score as one of the older players in the OHL, but he was playing 1st pair and first powerplay. In the AHL he's one of the youngest players in the entire league with a November birthday and is not playing on the powerplay. How often do defensemen just take over the AHL at barely 20 years old?

As for Gridin, he's 8th in the league in scoring and leading his team
 
Kuzy looked so good when he first came to the flames. Slings the puck around so fast. Just goes to show you high end skill without consistency doesn't translate it to success in the NHL.
 
Pelletier seems to be playing well. 11 in 23 with a +10 and middle six minutes for a former first rounder who is still only 23 and finally putting injuries behind him.

He’d be a nice get for Philly and at that point it would be the “Pelletier deal”, not the “Kuzmenko deal” in terms of the value of pieces.
 

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