I disagree with your disagree. So, more words this time.
Frolik/Andersson for Kessel is a no-brainer. That's not the terrible part.
Signing Derek Ryan is the sort of nepotism we already had enough of during GG's Grossman / Bartkowski / Chiasson obsession. Give a coach a clean slate with his whole roster. It's bad for team psyche to not be evaluated objectively. Even if Ryan is a solid player, he's a highly expendable one and we can't have veteran players of that sort being given an edge that defies actual on-ice play.
Brodie/Bennett for Lindholm/Hanifin is not only a notably losing trade for the Calgary Flames, it is a trade that furthers the above issue of nepotism.