Committing to a rebuild was a lot of the talk surrounding the Calgary Flames before the 2024-25 season started. The expectation was for this team to finish near the bottom of the standings and put themselves in a prime position to draft another franchise-altering player.

The Philadelphia Flyers acquired left wings Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier – and two draft picks – in the trade.

Flyers president Keith Jones told The Inquirer back in November, “The things that are going to happen you’ll be writing about for the first time.” Touché. In the early hours of Friday morning, the Flyers completed a significant deal,