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2 Flames featured on Daily Faceoff’s latest Trade Targets list
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Ryan Pike
Jan 7, 2025, 15:30 ESTUpdated: Jan 7, 2025, 15:25 EST
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We’re two months away from the National Hockey League’s trade deadline for the 2024-25 season. And while the Calgary Flames don’t quite have as many trade chips as they have in prior years, they still could factor into the proceedings prior to the trade deadline.
Over at Daily Faceoff, our pal Frank Seravalli has updated his Trade Targets board. A pair of Flames appear on his list: netminder Dan Vladar and forward Andrei Kuzmenko.
The Flames acquired Vladar via trade from Boston during the 2021 off-season and he’s been part of their goaltending tandem for the past four seasons. He’s a pending unrestricted free agent on July 1. Seravalli has Vladar at 21st:
There isn’t a big goalie market this season mostly because so few teams (outside of Carolina) seem to be interested in a netminder. Colorado already did their shopping, and Carolina has checked in to understand the price. But the Flames are looking to get back at the very least what they spent to get Vladar from Boston, which was a third-round pick. Vladar has taken on the tougher workload this season in Calgary, but Devin Cooley is waiting patiently with the Wranglers as the owner of truly eye-popping AHL numbers.
Meanwhile, the Flames added Kuzmenko prior to last year’s trade deadline in the Elias Lindholm trade. Likely included to make the salary cap math work in that swap, Kuzmenko had a strong finish to 2023-24 but has struggled this season. He, too, is a pending UFA. Kuzmenko is further down the list, at 23rd:
What happened to Kuzmenko? His game has fallen off a cliff, from bursting on the scene with a 39-goal, 74-point campaign as a rookie with the Canucks in 2022-23. He has 56 points total in the two seasons since and has been a regular healthy scratch in Calgary this year. It will be difficult for the Flames to mine value but he could be a solid buy-low candidate, even for a non-playoff team looking to learn more about him.
Head on over to Daily Faceoff to check out Seravalli’s full Top 25 breakdown!

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