Brad Treliving trades down twice, gets player he wanted anyway

Never let it be said that Brad Treliving doesn’t give the fans what they want. A year removed from a 2019 NHL Draft that was a disappointment from a trade standpoint – Philadelphia traded down and that was it – Treliving’s Calgary Flames did their level best to have their cake and eat it, too.

Treliving swung two trades during the first round, adding a pair of third round selections and grabbing the player he had his eye on in Kamloops forward Connor Zary.

“It was a busy night,” reflected Treliving in his post-draft chat with the media. “We had our board set and we got to 19 and we talked to all the teams above and below us leading into it and you had a sense of who would be willing to do…