In the National Hockey League, every general manager has their own tendencies and quirks. Some make lots of trades. Some never make trades at all. Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving seems to love trades involving first round draft picks.
A week or two back, the Flames traded 2013 first round pick Morgan Klimchuk to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Andrew Nielsen. That swap was the ninth that Treliving has made involving either a future first round pick or a player originally drafted with a first round pick.
A brief history of Treliving trading firsts
- March 1, 2015: 2011 first round pick Sven Baertschi to Vancouver for 2015 second round pick (used to select Rasmus Andersson).