Welcome back to FlamesNation’s 2021 Flames Trade Targets series, in which our team of writers takes a look at some of the players around the league either in need of a change of scenery or rumoured to be on the market.
At the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres selected Sam Reinhart with the second-overall pick.
Two slots later, the Calgary Flames picked a Sam of their own: Sam Bennett, who played parts of seven seasons with the Flames before being traded to the Florida Panthers at the 2021 trade deadline. (The Panthers notably passed on taking the top-ranked Bennett with the first pick in 2014, opting instead to take defenseman Aaron Ekblad).