The Calgary Flames have made a move on trade deadline day. Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Flames have acquired forward Ryan Strome from the Anaheim Ducks for a 2027 seventh-round pick.

Strome is a 32-year-old right shot forward from Ontario. He’s in the fourth year of a five-year deal carrying a $5 million cap hit, and his contract expires after next season. He was an alternate captain in Anaheim. He can play centre or the wing, but he’s been primarily a winger this year in Anaheim.

Originally drafted by the New York Islanders in the first round in 2011, Strome has played a ton of hockey. He’s accumulated 897 NHL games across 13 seasons, suiting up for the Islanders, Edmonton, the NY Rangers and Anaheim. He’s posted three goals and nine points in 33 games with Anaheim this season. His peak offensive production came in 2019-20, when he had 18 goals and 41 points with the Rangers prior to the COVID shutdown. He was injured for about a month this season, but otherwise has bounced between Anaheim’s bottom six and the press box for a good chunk of this season.

The Flames have moved on from veterans like MacKenzie Weegar and Rasmus Andersson in recent weeks. And while the team is definitely going to be going young going forward, you can understand why they would want to have a veteran player around to help show the kids the ropes and insulate them a bit from some tough assignments. And you never know, perhaps he’s someone the Flames could flip if he has a good season in 2026-27.

The price itself is fairly paltry. Seventh-round picks are long-shots to do anything, and so using one to grab an experienced NHL player makes a lot of sense. The Flames still have oodles of picks in the next few drafts and ample cap space, so rolling the dice on someone like Strome does make some sense.

We’ll have more on the Flames deadline moves and the Strome addition as the story develops.