After months of speculation the Calgary Flames finally traded Michael Frolik on Thursday, sending him to the Buffalo Sabres. With Frolik gone, which player will be traded by the Flames next?

We’ve narrowed it down to five possibilities.

Age: 25

Cap hit: $1.675 million (pending restricted free agent)

Why they would trade him: Jankowski’s an expensive depth piece on a team with guys pushing for jobs in Stockton – Alan Quine and Glenn Gawdin say hey – who could do his job just as well. A trade would be preferred to losing him for nothing on waivers.

Why would a team want him: First round pedigree. Jankowski was once a highly regarded prospect and despite his hiccups, he’s still an NHL caliber player. On a team with less depth, he could be pretty valuable.

Likelihood of a trade: Moderate. The Flames likely have a price in mind for Jankowski (and won’t want to budge too far) and unlike the Frolik swap, there’s no real time pressure to make a deal. They could still get value for him before the NHL Draft.

Age: 27

Cap hit: $1.25 million ($175,000 while currently buried in AHL) (pending unrestricted free agent)

Why they would trade him: Well, he’s eating into the cap space while on the farm. He’s not quite good enough (yet) to displace anybody on the NHL roster and as a pending UFA, it would make sense to get something for him now.

Why a team would want him: He’s a productive AHL scorer who’s already gone through waivers. The team acquiring him would have 30 days as a trial to see how he fits on their NHL roster before he’d need waivers again. A ton of teams liked him a couple summers ago so there’s likely a market.

Likelihood of a trade: Moderate. They wouldn’t get much more than a fifth or sixth round pick for him given his lack of NHL sample size.

Age: 23

Cap hit: $2.55 million (signed through 2020-21)

Why they would trade him: Bennett hasn’t yet emerged from the status of being a promising young player into being a strong top six player. He’s an effective complimentary piece but at his cap hit they might want more. (Similarly, maybe Bennett would like to go to a place with more possibility of top six usage.)

Why a team would want him: Bennett has shown flashes of brilliance and it wouldn’t take much to convince a team that maybe the Flames don’t have the lineup opportunities to use him properly. He’s also signed through next season, so it’s not like the acquiring team would face immediate time pressure to figure him out.

Likelihood of a trade: Low, for now. Trading Bennett would be removing the type of depth that contending teams like to have so it wouldn’t happen unless they fell off a bit.

Age: 25

Cap hit: $750,000 (currently in AHL) (pending restricted free agent)

Why they would trade him: Well, he’s probably not going to be an NHL goalie in this organization. So why not give him a chance elsewhere and open up a spot in the AHL for Tyler Parsons?

Why a team would want him: If nothing else, Gillies is a competent, occasionally excellent, AHL goaltender. Is he likely to become the next Jordan Binnington? Well, no. But you can probably convince another team that he could.

Likelihood of a trade: Moderate. Parsons is performing well in the ECHL and Artyom Zagidulin is doing fairly well, so you could see the Flames decide to cut bait with Gillies during the run-up to the trade deadline.

Age: 29

Cap hit: $4.65 million (pending unrestricted free agent)

Why they would trade him: Well, he’s a pending UFA that the Flames will probably not retain past this season. Given the market for top pairing defenders with similar numbers – last full seasons had 36, 32 and 34 points – will likely be too expensive for Flames to keep. (If they have to choose between keeping Brodie or fellow pending UFA Travis Hamonic, Brodie is an easier internal replacement since Rasmus Andersson is right there and much less expensive.)

Why a team would want him: Well, despite having some rough spots in his game, Brodie’s really good. He skates well, is generally good in all three zones, and is a pretty good puck distributor. He’s on an expiring contract, so this would give a team an audition to see if he’s a fit.

Likelihood of a trade: Low, for now. The Flames have very little defensive depth beyond the NHL level, so trading Brodie would really weaken that further and wouldn’t be a move a playoff team with aspirations would make. That said, if the Flames slide a bit don’t be surprised if the Flames try to work on their plan for next season.