The Calgary Flames have been pegged as the NHL's sellers this year, being open for trades since the start of the year. While they have been looking at adding long-term assets for a potential rebuild, now, they may be forced to trade for a goaltender.
During practice yesterday, Flames starting goaltender Jakob Markstrom was injured, taking a puck to the unprotected area of his hand. It was reported that Markstrom was bleeding pretty heavily from the hand as well.
The Flames, despite already trading away Nikita Zadorov and Tyler Toffoli, are still rumoured to be active in the trade market, looking to potentially part ways with Chris Tanev and Noah Hanifin.
Either of these players, if traded to the right team, could return a potential goaltender for the Flames, if they are in dire need of one. However, it will be interesting to see if the Flames think it is necessary to trade for a short-term gain over long-term asset building.
As seen on Hockey Feed - "Flames could be forced into making goaltending move"
POLL | ||
DÉCEMBRE 5 | 67 ANSWERS Calgary Flames Star Suffers Gruesome Injury: Trade May Be Coming Do you think the Flames will trade for a goaltender? | ||
Yes | 30 | 44.8 % |
No | 37 | 55.2 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Brandon Hagel | - | 5 | 5 | |
Sebastian Aho | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Nico Hischier | 3 | - | 3 | |
Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Seth Jarvis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Zachary Bolduc | 2 | - | 2 | |
Will Cuylle | 2 | - | 2 | |
Lars Eller | 2 | - | 2 | |
Jake Guentzel | 2 | - | 2 | |
Ivan Ivan | 2 | - | 2 | |
Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Drake Batherson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Morgan Frost | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Miro Heiskanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mason Marchment | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Martin Necas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Nicklaus Perbix | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |