On Friday night, the Calgary Flames made a big trade. The club sent restricted free agent Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional 2025 fourth-round pick to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and a conditional 2025 first-round pick.
On Saturday afternoon, general manager Brad Treliving walked local media through the process of how the trade came to fruition.
Treliving shared that last weekend, he spoke with Matthew Tkachuk’s agent Craig Oster (and subsequently Tkachuk himself) about the player’s future with the Flames. They indicated to Treliving that Tkachuk wouldn’t sign with the Flames long-term and outlined his reasons for it – Treliving declined to get into details – and it was agreed that the Flames would try to facilitate a trade.