Buffalo accepts

God no from CBJ

Yes from van

Would you do the Lindholm trade if the two pieces were going the opposite directions? Absoultely not.

While its a good value trade,not sure the Canucks would trade within our division.just my opinion.Flames fans should be stoked with conny iggy and a first class coach,best moves they have made in years.

I also wouldn't have made the last two trades Kekalainen made but he is going all in. This gets them a stud two-way 1C with built in chemistry with their recently signed prized FA. Their 1c of the future is who they take with their 1st this year. Very unique circumstance but I think the players going either way make sense. Just didn't bother to try to balance out value. This deal would also only make sense if it came with Lindholm open to extending before the season starts.

Half of Calgary is former Canucks anyway, I don't think it's a big deal anymore

Yep, trading a surplus late first and a future second is definitely going "all in."

You forgot the 3rd rounder. That was the one that *really* broke the bank and put the Jackets' entire future on the line.

It wasn't even Columbus's third rounder!

Seems I struck a nerve with the Columbus fans. You don't bring in Gaudreau, Severson and Gudbranson for their 30s, prime aged guys like Werenski, Provorov and Laine just to sit around and wait 3-5 years for your #1 C to arrive. They are drafting their 1C of the future this year. You want the perfect 1C piece right now? It will cost you more than spare parts like Sillinger and 2nds.

Okay, and we know that, and we're telling you anyway that trading Kent Johnson is a hard no. Even with all those players, a team still needs cheap young, good players to round out their rosters. If KJ is indeed nothing more than a wing (which is still debatable since he can't even legally drink in the US yet and is still physically developing, and even this past year he was taking on responsibilities usually done by centers from the wing), then that's one hell of a LW to add to a core of Werenski, Gaudreau, etc.

Just because a team has assets of the caliber of KJ, Jiricek, the 3OA doesn't mean they're on the table for trades. Those are the assets a team keeps. Columbus's second tier assets, Sillinger included, are equal to the best possible offer from most teams who'd be offering for Lindholm. Boston has nothing close to Sillinger to offer and would need you to take back cap. Carolina would be similar to Columbus in that the young high-end talent you'd want (Jarvis, Drury) would not be available but their lesser tier would be. Colorado is in full win-now and can probably offer the best package by virtue of their firsts being meaningless to them right now, but would Calgary necessarily only want futures?

Kent Johnson is unproven, Linshol is a Selke candidate often, not old, and scores a lot….so you’re right, Johnson is not enough for Lindholm…add a 2nd rounder also coming to Flames. Potential is Just potential, not proof

Only 3 ex-Canucks on Flames….not many and Toffoli was in Montreal before Calgary with only short stop in Van, check some facts

CBJ have no reason to make that trade, don't have to cope about it

Just sounds like the Jackets really have nothing you Flames fans actually value. The 3rd OA is going to take half a decade to reach the NHL, Johnson is a barely passable winger, Sillinger is a bust, Marchenko is a below average goal scorer that can't pass, all the other young guys are just unproven nobodies, and all the other picks are nothing but potential busts. All their assets are trash and valueless so I don't think Calgary should even waste their time. Other teams would give a way better package for the golden god Lindholm.

I'm pretty sure it's half man

LOL OK