Jacob Markstrom and Andrew Mangiapane appear on Daily Faceoff trade targets list

What a long, strange trip last year was for Markstrom. He said goodbye to a few close friends as teammates, especially Chris Tanev. The realization of the Flames’ retool set in. He was asked to waive his ‘no-trade’ clause and agreed to go to New Jersey, only to see the deal fall apart at the finish line. But all is well that ends well, as the initial read in the spring is that things have been smoothed over between Craig Conroy, Markstrom and the Flames. They are still open to moving him, and Markstrom still holds all the cards (and could force a deal), but they’re going to need a high return to make it happen – because they don’t intend to tank. How does Dustin Wolf factor into all of this? Maybe the time to trade Markstrom to get the best return was in March with other high-value goalies available on the market this summer.

If you view Mangiapane’s season through the prism of his entire career, with the exception of one statistical outlier in 2021-22, he pretty much nailed his averages this season. Approximately 16-18 goals (over a full 82 GP) and 38-42 points. The problem? Mangiapane was paid commensurately for that one outlier season, when he collected 35 goals and 55 points. It also came in a summer when the Flames lost Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, so there was reason to make sure they kept him. Now? He’ll be walking next summer anyway, so might as well start conversations now, or keep him as a rental at the deadline.