“Despite being legitimately in a playoff race — Calgary absolutely has a chance to make the playoffs — they’re not going to let their short-term goals affect the longer-term vision, which is this: Calgary won’t go out and spend big assets on rental players. If they do something else that’s at least impactful, it’s once again going to be a hockey trade like we saw last week.

So, with that in mind, there’s a name that, my understanding is, the Calgary Flames remain interested in despite the acquisition last week of Frost and Farabee, and that’s Dylan Cozens in Buffalo.

Now, the Flames have been enamoured with him all year long. I don’t know if they have the pieces to make a deal work with the Buffalo Sabres for a couple of reasons: One, I don’t think Kevyn Adams in Buffalo is actually shopping Dylan Cozens. He’s taking calls, because Buffalo’s in last place and he has to take calls, but if he moves Dylan Cozens, who’s signed to a long-term deal, I think it’s going to have to be apples for apples and not just a futures deal.”

“I think he’s an ideal (second-line centre)… I really wonder about Calgary. They’re a team obviously in search of a centre, even still after adding Morgan Frost. Casey Mittelstadt is on the higher end of their age scheme, but he does fit what they’re trying to build.

Look, it hasn’t worked in Denver. I think they’ve had some questions about his consistency and they’re ready to move on. Could Calgary be one of those teams that steps forward to grab him?”