Rumor: Jason Zucker to Calgary "fell through"

[Lunatik]

Where did this Frolik and a 1st rumor originate? Russo and Lebrun seem to be mum.

Edit: This, apparently. Compelling stuff.

Yeah, that is literally the only place I've seen this "rumor". I can see Frolik/Zucker as a base though simply due to the Flames needing the space to add Zucker for next season

 

[Lunatik]

No chance he blocked a deal

There is a very good chance he blocked a deal. Why would he want to go from the #2 team in the NHL to one selling their players? I get people assume he wants out because Walsh doesn't know how to think and tweet, but Walsh being his typical asshole self doesn't prove anything.

 

[ref19]

Where did this Frolik and a 1st rumor originate? Russo and Lebrun seem to be mum.

Edit: This, apparently. Compelling stuff.

Lol yeah that was made up

 

[Bazeek]

Lol yeah that was made up

In a vacuum I don't think it's crazy, but it's at odds with everything else Fenton has been doing. Nino, Coyle and Granlund all went basically player-for-player, but Zucker goes for a 1st (and Frolik who, whatever his merits, isn't a need and would mostly be there to make the cap work)? I don't buy it.

 

[Pongs21]

No chance he blocked a deal

It was his wife lol

 

[ref19]

It was his wife lol

It was a made up offer haha

 

[Liferleafer]

When does ownership step in and tell the GM wooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!!!!!
Hold you're horses!!! No more dumb trades allowed?

What day did Chia get fired?

 

[Rask Decisions]

Lol funny joke

Thanks, I'll be here all night. Try the veal!

 

[Rubi]

If its true that Frolik blocked the deal I say the chances that Frolik gets traded this summer have now gone up significantly.

 

[crackdown44]

I think Zucker is an upgrade on Fro but I’m not sure he’s a 1st round pick better, especially given Calgary’s cap situation moving forward

 

[nstarjim]

Why would the wild need frolik? need centers and RS right wingers and he's 31 not 23.Had to be bennett

 

[blankall]

There is a very good chance he blocked a deal. Why would he want to go from the #2 team in the NHL to one selling their players? I get people assume he wants out because Walsh doesn't know how to think and tweet, but Walsh being his typical ******* self doesn't prove anything.

To add. From a career perspective, if Frolik has a bad year next year, it's going to be awfully tough for him to get a new NHL contract. He's currently doing very well with the Flames, and he needs to maintain his consistent carreer long .5+ pace for other teams to look at him. Maintaining a good scoring pace on the wild would be extremely difficult right now.


Basically, moving to Minnesota right now would not only mean missing out on a cup drive but potentially be career suicide.

 

[Rockmorton]

Frolik refused to waive? No wonder.

Does Frolik have a NTC??

 

[blankall]

Does Frolik have a NTC??

He has a modified NTC. Frolik can submit a 10 team no trade list.

 

[HighLifeMan]

Darren Dreger regarding the Zucker situation

"I think it was a timing thing. But I haven't gotten through all the details coming out of Calgary. I can tell you that (I didn't talk to Brad Treliving directly) but I was told that he was white hot. So whether that's directed at Minnesota, whether that's directed at something internally, whether that's directed at the league.

Because I can tell you this, (...) there was a logjam, there always is, but there was a jam up at central registry so maybe it was just an issue of the queue being too long. But normally what happens is as long as the trade is filed, they still honour it, you just have to go through the process. We'll dig a little deeper and find out what the backstory is but I know Calgary wasn't pleased at all."

 

[YP44]

Darren Dreger regarding the Zucker situation

Interesting. Hopefully the deal comes out

 

[Snakepit]

Where did this Frolik and a 1st rumor originate? Russo and Lebrun seem to be mum.

Edit: This, apparently. Compelling stuff.

Lol yeah that was made up

No it was said on the Calgary Sportsnet radio a few times. It was clarified this morning that it wasn't just Frolik and a 1st, but also something else "Significant"

 

[ThatGuy22]

There is literally zero source to the Frolik rumor, and it makes absolutely zero sense for the moves Fenton has been making.

Bennet makes sense, and follows the Granlund-Fiala pattern exactly. Older, more proven and better right for a contending team for a player thats 22 year old with promise, but is worse right now.

Everything Fenton's been doing points to that as a much more likely scenario.

 

[Snakepit]

There is literally zero source to the Frolik rumor, and it makes absolutely zero sense for the moves Fenton has been making.

Bennet makes sense, and follows the Granlund-Fiala pattern exactly. Older, more proven and better right for a contending team for a player thats 22 year old with promise, but is worse right now.

Everything Fenton's been doing points to that as a much more likely scenario.

It could have been Bennett too, the rumour is 1st, Frolik, and something else. Frolik just to make the salary work is my guess, wouldn't have been the main player going to the Wild

 

[HighLifeMan]

Treliving would not have made Bennett available.

It could have been Bennett too, the rumour is 1st, Frolik, and something else

That's a horrible trade for Calgary.

Bennett has just 7 less points than Zucker this season, is 4 years younger, cost controlled, and far more physical. That trade makes Calgary worse this year, and in the future.

 

[YP44]

Bennett, Frolik and a pick absolutely makes sense

Could also see it being Brodie

 

[HighLifeMan]

There is literally zero source to the Frolik rumor, and it makes absolutely zero sense for the moves Fenton has been making.

Bennet makes sense, and follows the Granlund-Fiala pattern exactly. Older, more proven and better right for a contending team for a player thats 22 year old with promise, but is worse right now.

Everything Fenton's been doing points to that as a much more likely scenario.

That's not a trade that fits Treliving's style or philosophy though.

 

[Bruce Granville]

I guess it was Zucker + the picks from the Granlund trade.
When they learned, there were no picks, the Flames hung up.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't really understand Calgary being interested with Gaudreau and Tkachuk already on the left side. Zucker's time on the right side is minimal at best.

 

[Tkachuky]

Frolik+Bennet+1st rounder would be horrible for Calgary.