The Calgary Flames reportedly have their sights on acquiring another defenceman.

According to Elliotte Friedman in <a href="https://t.co/GIl1CFX76Q">the Jan. 25 edition</a> of his weekly &#8220;32 Thoughts&#8221; column, the Flames are among the teams interested in potentially acquiring the services of Montreal Canadiens defenceman @Ben Chiarot.
<blockquote>2. With that in mind, the last time Ben Chiarot was a free agent, Toronto was very interested. It couldn’t work at the time, but it’s something to remember. Calgary, Florida and St. Louis are among the other parties looking into him.</blockquote>
Chiarot, 30, is a 6&#8217;3&#8243;, 234-pound left-handed defender who has the rest of this season remaining on the three-year, $3.5 million-AAV contract he signed with Montreal back in 2019.
In 38 games with the Canadiens this season, Chiarot has five goals and three assists while averaging a career-high 23:20 per game.
According to Evolving-Hockey&#8217;s goals above replacement (GAR) model, Chiarot has been the single least valuable player in the National Hockey League this season. His -9.3 total GAR sinks far below his nearest competitor, Detroit Red Wings defenceman @Nick Leddy (-7.1).
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flames</a> reportedly have interest in Ben Chiarot. <a href="https://t.co/vHFLUcCrhX">pic.twitter.com/vHFLUcCrhX</a>
&mdash; Mike Gould (@miketgould) <a href="https://twitter.com/miketgould/status/1486142752823726085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Flames currently have the following professional defencemen signed to NHL contracts for the 2021–22 season: @Chris Tanev, @Oliver Kylington, @Noah Hanifin, @Rasmus Andersson, @Nikita Zadorov, @Erik Gudbranson, @Michael Stone, @Connor Mackey, @Juuso Valimaki, @Kevin Gravel, @Andy Welinski, @Nick DeSimone, @Johannes Kinnvall, @Colton Poolman, and @Ilya Solovyov.
This NHL season&#8217;s trade deadline will pass on Mar. 21, 2022.

The Calgary Flames reportedly have their sights on acquiring another defenceman.



According to Elliotte Friedman in <a href="https://t.co/GIl1CFX76Q">the Jan. 25 edition</a> of his weekly "32 Thoughts" column, the Flames are among the teams interested in potentially acquiring the services of Montreal Canadiens defenceman @Ben Chiarot.
<blockquote>2. With that in mind, the last time Ben Chiarot was a free agent, Toronto was very interested. It couldn’t work at the time, but it’s something to remember. Calgary, Florida and St. Louis are among the other parties looking into him.</blockquote>
Chiarot, 30, is a 6'3", 234-pound left-handed defender who has the rest of this season remaining on the three-year, $3.5 million-AAV contract he signed with Montreal back in 2019.

In 38 games with the Canadiens this season, Chiarot has five goals and three assists while averaging a career-high 23:20 per game.

According to Evolving-Hockey's goals above replacement (GAR) model, Chiarot has been the single least valuable player in the National Hockey League this season. His -9.3 total GAR sinks far below his nearest competitor, Detroit Red Wings defenceman @Nick Leddy (-7.1).

https://twitter.com/miketgould/status/1486142752823726085?s=21

The Flames currently have the following professional defencemen signed to NHL contracts for the 2021–22 season: @Chris Tanev, @Oliver Kylington, @Noah Hanifin, @Rasmus Andersson, @Nikita Zadorov, @Erik Gudbranson, @Michael Stone, @Connor Mackey, @Juuso Valimaki, @Kevin Gravel, @Andy Welinski, @Nick DeSimone, @Johannes Kinnvall, @Colton Poolman, and @Ilya Solovyov.

This NHL season's trade deadline will pass on Mar. 21, 2022.

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