<p>The Calgary Flames haven&#8217;t made a significant mid-season trade to acquire a player with term in more than a decade.</p>
<p>According to Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman, &#8220;a number of teams&#8221; around the NHL expect that could soon change.</p>
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<p>Friedman appeared on Wednesday&#8217;s <a href="https://podcast.sportsnet.ca/hockey-central/">edition</a> of The Jeff Marek Show on Sportsnet&#8217;s national radio network to discuss the situation currently unfolding around the struggling Montreal Canadiens.</p>
<p>After briefly discussing @Christian Dvorak, Friedman steered the conversation toward another Canadiens forward:</p>
<blockquote><p>You know who a lot of people think is going to end up in Calgary, potentially? [&#8230;] There&#8217;s a number of teams that are pencilling in @Tyler Toffoli with Calgary, and it makes a ton of sense. They&#8217;re looking for secondary scoring, there&#8217;s the Darryl Sutter connection. There&#8217;s a few teams who think the Flames are going to be in on that one. I think they are in on that kind of player, and there&#8217;s a few teams who think the Flames are &#8230; put it this way, if you&#8217;re asking people to make predictions, and sometimes I do that at this time of year, I get a lot of &#8220;Toffoli to Calgary.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The Habs lost 7–1 to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday and currently place 32nd in the league. Shortly after Friedman&#8217;s radio hit with Marek, the Canadiens <a href="https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1491498515066937346">reportedly</a> fired head coach Dominique Ducharme.</p>
<p>Toffoli, 29, is in the second season of a four-year UFA deal he signed with the Canadiens in 2020. He has nine goals and 25 points in 34 games with Montreal this year; last year, he managed 28 goals and 44 points in 52 regular-season games before amassing 14 points in 22 playoff contests.</p>
<p>A two-time Stanley Cup champion with Darryl Sutter&#8217;s Los Angeles Kings, Toffoli appeared in 515 regular-season games with L.A. and scored 290 points (139 goals, 151 assists). He also briefly played for the Vancouver Canucks during the pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season.</p>
<p>Toffoli has two years remaining after this one under contract at an AAV of $4.25 million. According to <a href="https://puckpedia.com/team/calgary-flames">PuckPedia</a>, the Flames currently have space to add a player with a cap hit of approximately $2.81 million for the rest of this season; that figure will increase to $5.56 million by the trade deadline (Mar. 21, 2022).</p>
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The Calgary Flames haven't made a significant mid-season trade to acquire a player with term in more than a decade.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, "a number of teams" around the NHL expect that could soon change.



Friedman appeared on Wednesday's <a href="https://podcast.sportsnet.ca/hockey-central/">edition</a> of The Jeff Marek Show on Sportsnet's national radio network to discuss the situation currently unfolding around the struggling Montreal Canadiens.

After briefly discussing @Christian Dvorak, Friedman steered the conversation toward another Canadiens forward:
<blockquote>You know who a lot of people think is going to end up in Calgary, potentially? [...] There's a number of teams that are pencilling in @Tyler Toffoli with Calgary, and it makes a ton of sense. They're looking for secondary scoring, there's the Darryl Sutter connection. There's a few teams who think the Flames are going to be in on that one. I think they are in on that kind of player, and there's a few teams who think the Flames are ... put it this way, if you're asking people to make predictions, and sometimes I do that at this time of year, I get a lot of "Toffoli to Calgary."</blockquote>
The Habs lost 7–1 to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday and currently place 32nd in the league. Shortly after Friedman's radio hit with Marek, the Canadiens <a href="https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1491498515066937346">reportedly</a> fired head coach Dominique Ducharme.

Toffoli, 29, is in the second season of a four-year UFA deal he signed with the Canadiens in 2020. He has nine goals and 25 points in 34 games with Montreal this year; last year, he managed 28 goals and 44 points in 52 regular-season games before amassing 14 points in 22 playoff contests.

A two-time Stanley Cup champion with Darryl Sutter's Los Angeles Kings, Toffoli appeared in 515 regular-season games with L.A. and scored 290 points (139 goals, 151 assists). He also briefly played for the Vancouver Canucks during the pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season.

Toffoli has two years remaining after this one under contract at an AAV of $4.25 million. According to <a href="https://puckpedia.com/team/calgary-flames">PuckPedia</a>, the Flames currently have space to add a player with a cap hit of approximately $2.81 million for the rest of this season; that figure will increase to $5.56 million by the trade deadline (Mar. 21, 2022).

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