The Calgary Flames Acquire F Jonathan Huberdeau from the Florida Panthers in Blockbuster Trade
After a short saga, Matthew Tkachuk has finally been traded. Of all the teams reportedly in the running, the Florida Panthers were a dark horse. While they were on his reported 'short-list' of teams, the Panthers were $3 million over the NHL's salary cap. However, Florida GM Bill Zito dropped an absolute NUKE on a quiet Friday night when he sent star F Jonathan Huberdeau & D Mackenzie Weegar to Calgary in return.
Full trade:
To FLA:
Matthew Tkachuk
2024 4th Round Pick (conditional)
To CGY:
Jonathan Huberdeau
Mackenzie Weegar
Cole Schwindt
2025 1st Round Pick (Lottery Protected)
Talk about a landscape-changing trade, my oh my. GM Bill Zito saw last postseason's collapse for his team & decided to shake it to its core. Huberdeau was an MVP candidate the past two seasons & Weegar an excellent two-way defenseman. But Weegar's series-clinching blunder surely had something to do with his departure, and Huberdeau is going to collect a king's ransom when his contract expires after the 2022-23 season.
Speaking of large sums of money, the Florida Panthers also signed Matthew Tkachuk to an eight-year, $76 million ($9.5M AAV) extension, making Tkachuck the third-highest paid Panther behind Aleksander Barkov & Sergei Bobrovsky.
This is one of the biggest trades in memory, and it has been a long time since we had a trade like this. A true-to-form Blockbuster--capital B--Blockbuster Trade. Gotta love it. Brady Tkachuk sure is loving it:
With Matthew Tkachuk finally being traded, all eyes are on Nazem Kadri & where he ends up.
Official announcement:
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YESTERDAY
MAY 16, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jack Quinn | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Bowen Byram | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Matheson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan McLeod | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||