Calgary Flames Proceed Their Rebuild

The Calgary Flames proceed their rebuild underneath Normal Supervisor Craig Conroy as he shipped goaltender Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils for a top-10 protected first-round choose in 2025 and a defenseman Kevin Bahl.

NHL Trade: The Calgary Flames Finally Send Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils

New Jersey and Calgary have been commerce companions earlier than with the Tyler Toffoli and Yegor Sharangovich commerce. Nonetheless, Conroy is continuous together with his mission of getting this group youthful and has achieved an excellent job of getting property for gamers who not need to be in Calgary.

It began with Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm, Chris Tanev, and Jacob Markstrom.

As TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button said on SportsCenter with Jay Onrait, Conroy bought property for a participant who managed {the marketplace}, together with picks and gamers who might help the Flames transfer ahead.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy Restocks The Cupboard

Jay Onrait: “You talked about what the Flames get again that 2025 choose is prime 10 protected Craig, I do know that’s gonna be an actual robust draft. So then, in the event that they determined to kick it down the street, it will be 2026. General, you recognize, you talked in regards to the no-movement clause that clearly is an element, however are you proud of what Craig Conroy bought in change for his goaltender?”

Craig Button: “Yeah, I’m gonna go two methods right here. Jay. The primary place is, you recognize, a brand new area is coming to Calgary at the start of the 28 season. And I feel that whenever you take a look at the strikes that Craig Conroy has achieved together with his unrestricted free brokers, getting draft picks in 25 and getting draft picks in 26, it actually continues to level in the direction of the opening of a brand new constructing when these gamers can be three and 4 years into their careers from being drafted and, you recognize, organising your group to be in an area the place you could be aggressive and so they’re prepared to come back in and play in a brand new area.

That’s primary. Quantity two, and that is all the time fascinating to me, you recognize once I hear, and I heard this about Chris Tanev, the Calgary Flames undersold by Chris Tanev. Do you actually assume, Jay, that Craig Conroy turned down a first-round draft choose and a daily roster participant for Chris Tanev? Do you actually assume that there was a greater deal on the market for Jacob Markstrom, contemplating that he had a no-move clause?

NHL Rumors: Flames GM Craig Conroy Continues To Get Value for His Players

There wasn’t, and the truth that folks get on the market and say all they offered low on, on Chris Tanev. Oh, this isn’t an amazing deal for Jacob Markstrom. That is {the marketplace}. And Craig Conroy understands {the marketplace}. And he made a deal that satisfies not solely the understanding of {the marketplace} but additionally the understanding of the place their group is at and the place they need to be when that new area opens.

So I might say that with the protection corps being constructed up in a variety of alternative ways with a variety of several types of gamers, that’s going to be an space of power. They’ve some good younger gamers up entrance, and as you simply identified, they’ve a variety of draft picks and a variety of alternative add extra talent into the lineup by means of the draft.”