But as a sign of how close the race is, 24 hours earlier, the Flames were fourth in the wild-card race and on the outside of a playoff spot.Gustafsson, who had 60 points last season while logging more than 22 minutes per game in ice time, will see time on Calgary's 18th-ranked power play, which is without injured captain Mark Giordano (hamstring) at the moment.Forbort, six-foot-four and 220 pounds, spent almost all of his five seasons in Los Angeles paired with Drew Doughty and will help on the penalty kill, where Travis Hamonic (upper body) has been missed.General manager Brad Treliving added two 27-year-old, left-shooting pending unrestricted free agents in Erik Gustafsson from the Chicago Blackhawks, who was acquired for a third round pick in 2020, and Derek Forbort from the Los Angeles Kings, who cost a conditional fourth-round pick in 2021.With designs on improving special teams while also bringing in some immediate injury relief, the Calgary Flames made two depth additions on the blueline at Monday's NHL trade deadline."He's a big body.

I wanted to help ourselves at a reasonable cost."To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). It’s something I can’t control.”Married with two kids, Gustafsson said he’d already talked with his wife about the possibility of a trade and said “she’s ready if it’s happening.”The pre-deadline move by Hawks general manager Stan Bowman finally ended weeks of speculation as Gustafsson neared the end of his Chicago tenure.

But it turned out to be a false alarm for everyone, except for Gaudreau, who afterwards chuckled with reporters about the attention his absence got, while pointing out, "I had to pee.""His strength is power play, puck moving," Treliving said. Statistics of Erik Gustafsson, a hockey player from Nynashamn, Sweden born Mar 14 1992 who was active from 2011 to 2020.

He's hard around the net," Treliving said."A week ago, we had 'Defencemen Tuesday' or whatever it was [when Brendan Dillon, Marco Scandella, Alec Martinez and Dylan DeMelo changed teams], when everyone was going for a second-round pick, or a second-round pick plus, and that wasn't the game I wanted to get into.

"When we play to our capability, we're a very good team. He was a healthy scratch most of the first half of the season.

He has a lot of puck poise. The Blackhawks traded defenseman Erik Gustafsson to the Calgary Flames, the club announced Monday. By Scott King February 24, 2020 11:27 AM. The Chicago Blackhawks should be looking to trade Erik Gustafsson before the NHL trade deadline on Monday afternoon given their spot in the standings. The Calgary Flames have acquired Erik Gustafsson from the Chicago Blackhawks, according to Sportsnet’s Eric Francis, and it appears all it cost them is a 2020 conditional third-round pick.

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“It’s on here [at Fifth Third Arena] every time, too. He admitted last Thursday he’d been having a difficult time avoiding the chatter.Cain was hospitalized at the beginning of July after developing coronavirus symptoms. But just like I said before, if this happens, it’s happening.

Erik Gustafsson. Treliving said he had been looking to add in this area, but the prices were expensive.After a terrific season a year ago in which Calgary was runner-up to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Presidents' Trophy, this season has been a disappointment with the team on the bubble for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.As of Monday morning after defeating Detroit on Sunday, Calgary was in the No. This wasn't a day in my mind where we were going to go out and take anything away." Blackhawks trade Erik Gustafsson to Flames, ending drawn-out waiting period The defenseman, a near certainty to be traded for weeks, was finally … "Special-team units is an area that we can help improve ourselves from the blueline, but also eat away some minutes of some people who we may be overworking.""Now we've got the challenge ahead of us of pushing for the next 19 games," said Treliving. The Hawks will reportedly receive a third-round draft pick in exchange.His cheap $1.2 million cap hit made him attractive to the Flames, who were tight against the salary cap but managed to acquire both Gustafsson and former Kings blue-liner Derek Forbort to boost their defensive depth.The shooting unfolded in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood about 9:40 a.m. at the station, 5555 W. Grand Avenue, according unconfirmed radio reports.The September issue will be available on newsstands on Aug. 11.He fell back to earth this season, however, tallying just 26 points (and only six goals) through 59 games and also struggling defensively. "The Blackhawks have also put some large price tags—think first-round draft picks and prospects—on a number of their potential rentals like Robin Lehner and Erik Gustafsson, sources said. Share . The third pairing was second-year player Oliver Kylington, 22, and rookie Alexander Yelesin in just his fourth NHL game."What we tried to do is put it on this group and say, 'where are the areas where we can help?"' Treliving said. "That's his bread and butter. Mail To.