Calgary reportedly blaming Kevyn Adams for misleading Eichel trade rumour
Prior to being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday morning, the Calgary Flames appeared to be one of the frontrunners to land Jack Eichel after credible insider Kevin Weekes tweeted the following on Wednesday night.
It has since been confirmed that trade proposal was never on the table, and that the Flames had zero intentions of moving Matthew Tkachuk. In fact, according to Elliotte Friedman, they aren't happy that fake trade rumor was put out to begin with. Speaking on the 32 Thoughts podcast, Friedman dove into how Flames management feels about the situation.
"It's pretty obvious the Flames are blaming Adams for this because him and Kevin Weekes used to play together," Friedman explained.
Whether or not this was what actually happened or if Weekes just got a bad source is unknown, but it makes for some fun hockey drama, which fans love. Of course, it doesn't matter too much in the end, as Eichel is now a Golden Knight, and all the speculation surrounding him comes to an end. As for the Flames, it continues a disappointing trend of them being close to landing star players, but falling just shy.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kyle Connor | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noel Acciari | - | - | - | |
| Mason Appleton | - | - | - | |
| Morgan Barron | - | - | - | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | - | - | - | |
| Sidney Crosby | - | - | - | |
| Dylan DeMelo | - | - | - | |
| Haydn Fleury | - | - | - | |
| Matthew Grzelcyk | - | - | - | |
| Connor Hellebuyck | - | - | - | |
| Alex Iafallo | - | - | - | |
| Tristan Jarry | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||