Not good at all. Why is conroy happy to either miss the playoffs or sneak in and get beat out early? What’s his plan
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Flames fans react to a quiet 2025 NHL trade deadline
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The Calgary Flames made zero good trades prior to the 2025 NHL trade deadline. They also made zero bad trades prior to the deadline. Zero players, picks or prospects went out the door, and zero came back into the organization.
For the first time since 2012, the Flames made zero moves in the seven days prior to the trade deadline. Heck, the Flames’ last – and only – significant move was their trade with the Philadelphia Flyers that brought Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee into the fold in exchange for Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, a 2025 second-round pick and a 2028 seventh-round pick. That trade was completed at the end of January.
We canvassed Flames fans on social media regarding their reaction to the Flames standing pat. The reaction was definitively mixed.
Some fans were upset at the lack of moves
Well they never weaponized cap space, they held on to expiring contracts and missed an opportunity to move some vets in a sellers market and freeing up what will be an ugly contract in later years. Not sure rewarding vets with a first round exit aligns with reloading young talent
Disappointed that the Flames didn't make any trades today. I was hoping for Dylan Cozens.
Not great. Even if 0 big moves were made like fans discussed (Kadri, Anderson, Coleman) some smaller trades to cash in on the sellers market would've been nice. It felt like 0 attempt was made. Only positive is they didn't buy
Should have tried to capitalize on a sellers market by moving at least one veteran
Some fans were happy that the Flames didn’t do much
I’m good with the lack of moves. I would’ve been mad if they strayed from the big picture plan to spend assets on trying to make the playoffs this year.
Not doing anything is always boring but I prefer that than doing something stupid with no real opportunities. I would still give a little time to see what Farabee really has and Frost will certainly give us good hockey ! But yeah we're forever mid
I’m perfectly fine with this. Stay the course, push for a playoff spot. Gain some valuable experience. The boys should be fired up.
💯 stick with the plan!
Some fan reactions were decidedly in the middle
As expected. The flames don’t have any ‘rental’ players to trade away. Kadri, Coleman, Raz and Backs all still have term.
It was what I expected. They didn't overspend, but did the Flames try to move players like Hanley? Especially since a lot of the trades today were for depth players. So, is it trust in the players, or would any trades have added to the holes the roster already has?
✅ No veteran players picked up. ✅ didn’t lose a first ✅ got the draft to build for the future 🤷Could of weaponized their cap space
At least they didn’t buy. I trust they’ll try and move some of the vets at the draft
Totally fine. Craig did his lifting a couple weeks back.
Positives: didn’t step on any landmines, didn’t use major assets Negatives: didn’t use cap space, didn’t sell the depth UFAs That’s really all I got today.
How do you feel about the Flames’ quiet deadline? Let us know in the comments!
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