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Mistakes the Flames have made when trading stars

Friends, there’s a non-zero chance that the Calgary Flames could make a significant trade this off-season. For hockey reasons, for salary cap reasons, and for team composition reasons, the Flames could make a big move involving a big name player.

Historically, that hasn’t gone too well. Let’s take a trip down memory lane.

Big trades that went well

At the risk of being overly negative or alarmist, let’s talk briefly bout the big trades that the Flames handed fairly well.

  • Trading Kent Nilsson (and a third round pick) to Minnesota for two second round picks.