When Brad Treliving took the job as general manager of the Calgary Flames in the spring of 2014, the organization began an unabashed "accumulation phase." More specifically, they tried to get younger and faster and attempted to do so by trading expiring contracts for prospects and draft picks.
In the run-up to the 2017 National Hockey League trade deadline, Treliving made a couple transactions that seemed to move in the opposite direction. The club added Michael Stone from Arizona last week for a 2017 third round selection and acquired Curtis Lazar on deadline day from Ottawa in exchange for a 2017 second round pick.