Best Flames Trades Countdown: #5 – Cashing out on Tim Erixon

Way, way back at the end of 2010, Jay Feaster became Calgary Flames general manager and inherited a bunch of weird problems from predecessor Darryl Sutter. He solved one of the first problems with perhaps his finest trade as the Flames’ hockey ops boss.

Way, way back in 2009, the Flames went a predictable way for their first round pick. A club that had lots of success drafting Swedes, they grabbed Tim Erixon – a highly-touted defender and son of former New York Rangers forward Jan Erixon.

Of course, it soon became evident that Erixon (a) wanted to make the NHL immediately and (b) had grown up dreaming of playing for the Rangers. Between those two factors, it would be challenging for the…