{"id":129491,"date":"2022-07-23T00:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T04:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=129491"},"modified":"2022-07-23T00:10:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T04:10:17","slug":"matthew-tkachuk-traded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/23\/matthew-tkachuk-traded\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Tkachuk Traded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers have completed a blockbuster trade. The Flames have agreed to trade forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> and a conditional fourth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and a 2025 first-round pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Full trade, per sources:<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlaPanthers<\/a>:<br \/>\nMatthew Tkachuk (extension in place)<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flames<\/a>:<br \/>\nJonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and a 1st round pick.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyFaceoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DailyFaceoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1550679892467015680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Matthew Tkachuk Traded<\/h2>\n<p>The Panthers immediately announced an eight-year extension with the restricted free agent. The deal is worth $76 million and has an AAV of $9.5 million. The deal carries through the 2029-30 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tkachuk extension in FLA is 8x$9.5M<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1550679375049367553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season was by far the best season of the 24-year-old\u2019s career in both the regular season and the playoffs. He put up 42 goals, 62 assists and 104 points in 82 games, all career highs. And it wasn\u2019t just him who had a career year. Linemates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gaudrjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnny Gaudreau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindhel01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Lindholm<\/a> put up 115 points and 82 points, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>He slowed down in the playoffs, with four goals, six assists and 10 points in 12 playoff games, including a hat trick in Game 1 of the Battle of Alberta in the second round. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/06\/02\/darryl-sutter-wins-the-jack-adams-award\/\" target=\"_self\">Darryl Sutter led<\/a> Flames beat the Dallas Stars in seven games in the first round and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/05\/27\/calgary-flames-vs-edmonton-oilers-battle\/\" target=\"_self\">lost to the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> in five games in the second round. That\u2019s the furthest the Flames have gone since Tkachuk joined the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Over his six-year NHL career, he has put up 152 goals, 230 assists and 382 points in 431 games for the Flames. He has seven goals, eight assists and 15 points in 27 playoff games. He was originally drafted sixth overall by the Flames in the 2016 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>The Flames Side<\/h3>\n<p>Between <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/report-johnny-gaudreau-contract-signed-leaves-calgary-flames\/\" target=\"_self\">losing Gaudreau,<\/a> who went to the Columbus Blue Jackets to be closer to home, and now Tkachuk, the Flames will have a completely different look. Still, acquiring Huberdeau does soften the blow, a little. He is coming off a 30-goal and 115-point season himself. He is a supremely skilled forward that will slot right into the Flames top line. Huberdeau is in the final year of his contract, however, so the Flames need to hammer out an extension otherwise this could be a disaster for Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The other (seemingly) key piece to the trade is MacKenzie Weeger. The 28-year-old defenceman is coming off a career-best 44-point season. He will add a bit more offence to the Flames blueline this year. Weeger, like Huberdeau, is in the final year of his contract. As of the writing of this, no extensions are in place for either Huberdeau or Weeger. Perhaps the Flames are looking more towards the future right now and were really after Schwindt and the first-round pick.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>There are still a few interesting free agents remaining that they could go after, like recent Stanley Cup champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kadrina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazem Kadri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kesseph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Kessel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrice Bergeron<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/niedeni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nino Niederreiter<\/a>. And now they might have enough cap space to do so. Or they could make another trade for some other pieces.<\/p>\n<p>If they don&#8217;t, this could be the beginning of a rebuild in Calgary just the summer after their most successful playoff run in years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TradeCentre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TradeCentre<\/a> ALERT\ud83d\udea8: Panthers acquire F Matthew Tkachuk from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flames<\/a> for F Jonathan Huberdeau, D MacKenzie Weegar, F Cole Schwindt and a conditional 2025 1st-round pick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Follow every deal in our Trade Tracker &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lTl9gr0T6Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lTl9gr0T6Z<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A15y3zJ8P6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/A15y3zJ8P6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1550682384772878336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers have completed a blockbuster trade. The Flames have agreed to trade forward Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and a 2025 first-round pick. Full trade, per sources: To #FlaPanthers: Matthew Tkachuk (extension in place) To #Flames: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2202,"featured_media":131009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6,4547,34,4548],"tags":[103,6608,701,662],"class_list":["post-129491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-panthers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-calgary-flames","tag-florida-panthers-news","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}