For four consecutive summers, Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving has pulled the trigger on a talk-of-the-town type trade during the hubbub of the NHL’s annual prospect pick-em. I think we’ve pushed hard in the last few years to get a real solid base,” Treliving said. “That base is a combination of people we’ve drafted, it’s people we’ve signed, it’s people we’ve traded for. We speak all the time about the attributes that we want Flames players to have, and we stick by it. “To replenish those picks, we’ve added some free agents that we’ve been aggressive on.

Source: National Post June 18, 2019 18:00 UTC