The Calgary Flames were able to greatly improve their roster last night with the additions of Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee.
Pelletier was a key piece in the package the Flames sent to the Flyers for Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee, joining Andrei Kuzmenko on the trip to the City of Brotherly love. The Flames also included a 2025 second-round draft pick and a seventh-rounder in 2028.
Andrei Kuzmenko was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers by the Calgary Flames for Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee on Thursday. The Flyers also acquired Jakob Pelletier, a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a seventh-round pick in the 2028 Draft.
The Flyers made a late-night shakeup, reaching a deal with the Flames that sent longtime faces Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost to Calgary. In return, the Flyers are getting wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier, a second-round draft pick this summer and a seventh-round draft pick in 2028.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced they have acquired forwards Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier, as well as a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and seventh round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forwards Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost, according to General Manager, Daniel Briere.
Calgary general manager Craig Conroy confirmed that left-wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier and a pair of draft picks were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for centre Morgan Frost and left-winger Joel Farabee.
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired left wings Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier – and two draft picks – in the trade.
The Calgary Flames traded left wings Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night for center Morgan Frost and left wing Joel Farabee. Calgary also sent a second-round draft pick in 2025 and a seventh-round pick in 2028 to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Flyers' Joel Farabee skates during an NHL hockey game Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Farabee, a Cicero native, was traded to the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) AP
At the end of a wild evening at the Saddledome, having just added a pair of talented forwards in a rare mid-game trade, Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy was asked if he envisions Joel Farabee skating on the left or right wing.
The 28-year-old Kuzmenko was scratched from Calgary’s lineup Thursday night and 23-year-old Pelletier was pulled after the first period of a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.