The Calgary Flames Acquire F Jonathan Huberdeau from the Florida Panthers in Blockbuster Trade
After a short saga, Matthew Tkachuk has finally been traded. Of all the teams reportedly in the running, the Florida Panthers were a dark horse. While they were on his reported 'short-list' of teams, the Panthers were $3 million over the NHL's salary cap. However, Florida GM Bill Zito dropped an absolute NUKE on a quiet Friday night when he sent star F Jonathan Huberdeau & D Mackenzie Weegar to Calgary in return.
Full trade:
To FLA:
Matthew Tkachuk
2024 4th Round Pick (conditional)
To CGY:
Jonathan Huberdeau
Mackenzie Weegar
Cole Schwindt
2025 1st Round Pick (Lottery Protected)
Talk about a landscape-changing trade, my oh my. GM Bill Zito saw last postseason's collapse for his team & decided to shake it to its core. Huberdeau was an MVP candidate the past two seasons & Weegar an excellent two-way defenseman. But Weegar's series-clinching blunder surely had something to do with his departure, and Huberdeau is going to collect a king's ransom when his contract expires after the 2022-23 season.
Speaking of large sums of money, the Florida Panthers also signed Matthew Tkachuk to an eight-year, $76 million ($9.5M AAV) extension, making Tkachuck the third-highest paid Panther behind Aleksander Barkov & Sergei Bobrovsky.
This is one of the biggest trades in memory, and it has been a long time since we had a trade like this. A true-to-form Blockbuster--capital B--Blockbuster Trade. Gotta love it. Brady Tkachuk sure is loving it:
With Matthew Tkachuk finally being traded, all eyes are on Nazem Kadri & where he ends up.
Official announcement:
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||