Inquiring minds want to know if the Flames will now be aggressive in finding a trade partner for defenseman Noah Hanifin after trading defenseman Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.
"Right now, we just worked through this and we're just going to kind of work our way along the path here," Flames general manager Craig Conroy told NHL.com. "We've got three more games before (March 8), and I'll just continue to work the phones and try to find the best deal I can for the Calgary Flames."
Hanifin, like Tanev, can become an unrestricted free agent after the season. His name has been mentioned in several trade reports during the week. The 27-year-old is in the final season of a six-year, $29.7 million contract ($4.95 million average annual value) he signed with the Flames on Aug. 30, 2018. He has 34 points (11 goals, 23 assists) in 59 games and is averaging 23:44 of ice time per game.
Hanifin has a modified no-trade clause in his contract and can submit an eight-team no-trade list, which somewhat limits where the Flames are able to deal him.
"If you're looking to add a left-handed defenseman, Hanifin would be at the top of your list," NHL analyst Bruce Boudreau told NHL Network Radio on Thursday. "He's a great-skating defenseman who has finally found some offensive upside. He's always been known as a good defender but now he's really added to offensive part to his game."
The Flames (29-25-5) have won four in a row and trail the Nashville Predators by five points for the second wild card from the Western Conference with one game in hand.
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