The Calgary Flames were busy leading into Mar. 6th’s trade deadline.
In mid-January, the first domino fell, as they traded
Rasmus Andersson to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2027 first, 2028 second (that could become the 2028 first), prospect Abram Wiebe, and Zach Whitecloud. It’s a trade that has already had a positive impact on the team.
Another defenceman was on the move two days before the trade deadline, as
MacKenzie Weegar was sent to the Utah Mammoth for Oli Määttä, Jonathan Castagna, and three second-round picks in 2026. They also made two smaller moves on the deadline, acquiring Ryan Strome for a 2027 seventh, and swapping Jacob Battaglia for Brennan Othmann.
But about an hour after the deadline passed, it was announced that
the Flames had sent Nazem Kadri with 20% retention and a 2027 fourth to the Colorado Avalanche for a conditional 2028 first, a conditional 2027 second, Victor Olofsson, and prospect Max Curran.
At first glance, this trade deadline was excellent for the Flames, as they acquired flippable players like Whitecloud, Määttä, and Strome, as well as a whole bunch of picks. On the other side of North America, it was a quiet deadline for the Carolina Hurricanes, acquiring Nicolas Deslauriers from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2027 seventh.
The Hurricanes will be in town on Saturday, so in this edition of
Flashback Friday, we’ll look at the trades made between the Hurricanes and the Flames since the Hartford Whalers relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Trevor Kidd trade
The first trade between the Hurricanes and Flames came shortly after the Whalers’ relocation. On Aug. 25, 1997, the Flames sent netminder Trevor Kidd and Gary Roberts to the Hurricanes for Andrew Cassels and Jean-Sébastien Giguère.
Kidd had a strong 1997-98 season, posting a career-best .922 save percentage and 2.17 goals against average in 47 games played. He regressed in 1998-99, had a good 1999-2000 with the Florida Panthers, but never had a save percentage above .900 again, ending his National Hockey League career following the 2003-04 season.
Roberts continued to find success after the trade, scoring 20 goals and 49 points in 1997-98, 14 goals and 42 points in 77 games in 1998-99, then 23 goals and 53 points in 69 games in 1999-2000, his final season with the Hurricanes. Roberts then played his next four seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, reaching the 20-goal mark three times, before spending his last four seasons with the Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Giguère is one of six players to win the Conn Smythe on the losing team, but it wasn’t on the Flames. They had the Montréal native early in his career, as he played just 22 games with the team in 1998-99 and 1999-2000, before being traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the summer of 2000. Giguère went on to post an incredible .945 save percentage in his first playoff run in 2003, but the Mighty Ducks fell in seven games to the New Jersey Devils. He’d win his Stanley Cup in 2007.
As for Cassels, he scored 17 goals and 44 points in 81 games with the Flames in 1997-98, then 12 goals and 37 points in 70 games the following season. The Brampton product joined the Vancouver Canucks for the 1999-2000 season, spending three seasons there, two with the Columbus Blue Jackets, and one with the Washington Capitals following the lockout.
Overall, it would’ve been an okay trade had the Flames actually developed Giguère. They’d eventually find their starting netminder in Miikka Kiprusoff, who helped lead the team to a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 of their own the year after the Ducks did it.
The Bob Boughner trade
The Flames’ and the Hurricanes’ next trade came on Jul. 16, 2003, as the Flames traded Bob Boughner for two picks, a 2004 fourth-rounder and a 2005 fifth-rounder. Boughner played just 43 games with the Hurricanes in 2003-04, picking up five assists, before he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. He finished the season with 11 regular season games and 11 post-season games, before an additional 41 games after the lockout.
As for those picks, they didn’t turn out to be much. The fourth was used to select Kris Hogg, who never reached a level above the ECHL. Kevin Lalande, the Flames’ pick with the fifth-rounder, played some American Hockey League games, but spent most of his career in Russia, also never playing in the NHL.
The Mike Commodore trade
Mike Commodore and Jean-Francois Damphousse were traded to the Flames for Rob Niedermayer before the 2003 trade deadline. Commodore went on to play six games for the Flames in 2002-03, where he picked up an assist.
The following season, he only played 12 regular season games for the Flames, but played third-pairing minutes during their run to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004. The Flames didn’t see a need for him, so on Jul. 29th, 2005, the Flames sent him to the Hurricanes for a 2005 third-round pick.
Commodore went on to win the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006 and finally broke out as an NHL regular, while that third was used to pick Gord Baldwin. Like Hogg and Lalande, Baldwin never made it out of the minors, playing a few seasons in the American Hockey League before heading overseas and ending his career in 2014-15.
The Ian White trade
On Jan. 31, 2010, the Flames traded Dion Phaneuf and two other players to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Matthew Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers, and Ian White. The latter played just 43 games with the Flames, scoring six goals and 18 points.
Early into the 2010-11 season, the Flames sent him and Brett Sutter to the Hurricanes for Tom Kostopoulos and Anton Babchuk. White, a right-shot defenceman, played 39 games for the Hurricanes where he had 10 assists, before being traded to the San Jose Sharks before the trade deadline.
There, he scored two goals and 10 points in their final 23 regular season games, then added a goal and nine points in 17 post-season games as the Sharks fell to the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference Finals. White played another two seasons in the NHL, both with the Detroit Red Wings, before bouncing around the minor leagues until his retirement following the 2023-24 season.
Brett Sutter was the Flames sixth-rounder in the 2005 draft, but he played just 18 games with the teams between 2008-09 and 2010-11, picking up a goal and an assist. His playing time didn’t increase much upon being traded, playing one game to end 2010-11, then 15 games in 2011-12 where he had three assists.
After the 2011-12 season, Sutter played three games with the Hurricanes in 2012-13, then a career-high 17 games with the team in 2013-14, where he scored a goal and an assist. His final NHL action came in 2014-15 with the Wild, where he picked up three assists in six games, before playing a whole bunch of seasons in the AHL. Sutter currently serves as the Calgary Wranglers’ head coach.
As for what the Flames got in return, it wasn’t a whole lot. Kostopoulos had some good years in the league, reaching the 20-point plateau five times in a six-year span. After the trade, he scored seven goals and 14 points in 59 games. Then in 2011-12, he scored four goals and 12 points in 81 games. However, he played another 15 NHL games with the Devils in 2012-13, before finishing his career in the AHL.
Babchuk looked to have legitimate potential, scoring 16 goals and 35 points in 72 games with the Hurricanes in 2008-09. Even in his first season with the Flames, he scored eight goals and 27 points in 65 games, giving him 11 goals and 35 points. But from there, he tapered off, scoring two goals and 10 points in 2011-12, then playing another seven games in 2012-13, his final NHL action.
The Kevin Westgarth trade
Another small trade between the two teams came on Dec. 30, 2013, as the Flames sent Greg Nemisz to the Hurricanes for Kevin Westgarth. The latter had a career-year with the Flames in 2013-14, scoring four goals and seven points in 36 games, along with 64 penalty minutes. However, he was out of the NHL the following season and played just one season in England.
After the trade, Nemisz, who was selected 25th overall in 2008, never played another NHL game. He totalled just 15 games with an assist, before spending his final four seasons in the AHL.
The Eddie Lack trade
The most impactful trade between the Flames and Hurricanes came on Jun. 29, 2017. The Flames sent Keegan Kanzig and a 2019 sixth to the Hurricanes for Eddie Lack, Ryan Murphy, and a 2019 seventh.
Lack, who had shown promise with the Canucks earlier in his career, played just four games with the Flames in 2017-18, and an additional five games with their AHL team before being traded to the New Jersey Devils for Dalton Prout.
Murphy never played a game for the Flames, as he was bought out and signed by the Minnesota Wild the following day. He’s one of just a few players in this article who is still active, currently playing in Germany.
As for what the Hurricanes got, Kanzig never played above the AHL level, while the pick they got from the Flames was used to select Kevin Wall. Like Murphy, Wall is still active, playing most of the 2025-26 season with the Tahoe Knight Monsters, scoring 15 goals and 38 points in 35 games.
This trade is an impactful one on the Flames, as the seventh that they received from the Hurricanes was used to select Dustin Wolf, the netminder of the future for the team.
The Dougie Hamilton trade
The most recent notable trade between the Flames and the Hurricanes came on Jun. 26, 2015. That day saw the Flames trade Dougie Hamilton, Adam Fox, and Michael Ferland to the Hurricanes in exchange for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm.
Fox wasn’t going to sign with the Flames, and in fact didn’t sign with the Hurricanes, as he was traded to the New York Rangers. He went on to win a Norris Trophy. Hamilton found success with the Hurricanes, spending three seasons there before signing with the Devils. As for Ferland, he scored 17 goals and 40 points in 71 games with the Hurricanes in 2018-19, but played just 14 games with the Vancouver Canucks in 2019-20 before retiring.
As you know, Lindholm and Hanifin found their footing with the Flames, helping them finish first in the Pacific Division back in 2021-22. They were eventually traded before the 2024 trade deadline, Lindholm to the Canucks for a nice package that included Hunter Brzustewicz and Matvei Gridin, while Hanifin was traded to the Golden Knights for a few picks.
These trades are a part of the active Curtis Glencross trade tree,
but you can read that in depth here. The Flames have won some and lost some trades with the Hurricanes, but one has to imagine that the two teams will link up on another trade in the next few seasons, given where they’re at.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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