Confirmed with Link: Flames acquire Nikita Okhotiuk from San Jose for a 5th in 2024

[NinjaTurtle]

Any chance he gets paired with Kylington at some point? They’ve make a very OK pair.

 

[Lunatik]

Any chance he gets paired with Kylington at some point? They’ve make a very OK pair.

 

[NinjaTurtle]

Sorry @Lunatik, I guess I’ll leave the punny business to @Fig.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Any chance he gets paired with Kylington at some point? They’ve make a very OK pair.

Could be a real K.O. if they do pair up.

 

[Lunatik]

Sorry @Lunatik, I guess I’ll leave the punny business to @Fig.

@Fig and @Ace Rimmer deserve the same reaction lol

 

[Fig]

I didn't know you were a dad until now

Indeed, I somehow do have little ones that bear my name.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794704507575959759

 

[Body Checker]

Poor trade by Conroy. Wasted a 5th that could be used on a goalie or Russian dark horse pick. He learned this from Treliving’s playbook - trading picks for useless depth players. Soloyov, Kuznetsov, Lyle, etc. are all guys that could have been used in the NHL down the stretch instead of wasting the pick. Hopefully he learns from this.

 

[herashak]

gio 2.0, but take 3 years kid, you stunk

 

[Mobiandi]

I thought he was one of the worse dmen of the 37 bottom pairing guys we rotated in last season

 

[Anglesmith]

Poor trade by Conroy. Wasted a 5th that could be used on a goalie or Russian dark horse pick. He learned this from Treliving’s playbook - trading picks for useless depth players. Soloyov, Kuznetsov, Lyle, etc. are all guys that could have been used in the NHL down the stretch instead of wasting the pick. Hopefully he learns from this.

He's still a Flames player, to be clear.

It's not terrible for him to continue his development in the KHL where there won't be waiver considerations or needing to find playing time for other prospects to worry about.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Earlier in the week I read that Brady Lyle also signed overseas for next year.
Maybe there will be room for Jurmo afterall

 

[User1996]

Meh, still Flames property, so it’s not like we wasted a pick for 10 games of the guy.

Given the Hanley claim, Miromanov and Okhotiuk trades, Solovyov, Kuznetsov, Grushnikov in the AHL, and Pachal, this trade was always a bit weird considering the number of 5/6/7 D we either have, or project to have.

 

[HighLifeMan]

Probably shouldn't have sat him in 60% of the games we played after his acquisition. Not sure I really blame the guy here.

That shows to me there was a slight disconnect between the front office and coaching staff.

It is what it is. Don't like wasting picks regardless of the round though.

 

[Roadrage]

He's only Flames property if they qualify him before June 30th and only until he turns 27 as well correct?

 

[DomBarr]

Probably shouldn't have sat him in 60% of the games we played after his acquisition. Not sure I really blame the guy here.

That shows to me there was a slight disconnect between the front office and coaching staff.

It is what it is. Don't like wasting picks regardless of the round though.

He was probably going back to Russia and had told the sharks anyways which is probably why the talent deficient Sharks would have traded a 23 YO dman for a 5th.

 

[Fig]

Poor trade by Conroy. Wasted a 5th that could be used on a goalie or Russian dark horse pick. He learned this from Treliving’s playbook - trading picks for useless depth players. Soloyov, Kuznetsov, Lyle, etc. are all guys that could have been used in the NHL down the stretch instead of wasting the pick. Hopefully he learns from this.

I don't think it's completely the same as a pick for a rental depth player move.

We get to keep him. He's still young, he's a recent ish second round pick who was moving around and perhaps just needs stability to develop. We don't lose his rights after this season, we got games out of him this season. We needed warm bodies to address us moving 3 top 4 regular season dmen, Kylington we weren't sure on his status and we were going to run 5/6/7 calibre dmen in D position 4-6. I think he also has familiarity with Sharangovich.

I think the Hanley and Pachal claims were more like bonus lucky moves. We pick up a group of 5/6/7 calibre dudes like this and then just let them all showcase for the rest of the season to see who we keep while this group of newbies to the org also working together as a group in filling a major void on the back end.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

He's only Flames property if they qualify him before June 30th and only until he turns 27 as well correct?

Can't see why they wouldn't.

Let him go to the KHL or whatever. If he's good he'll be back. If he's not good enough he won't. Kind of like Gio.

 

[JPeeper]

I thought he was one of the worse dmen of the 37 bottom pairing guys we rotated in last season

Only one worse is Oesterle. Hoping he sticks around until 2027.

 

[DFF]

Whoever Conroy used for pro scouting didn’t leave with Treliving

Bad news

This guy was so bad

 

[Volica]

Man, this guy hasn't been in Russia in almost a decade, strange that he'd go back now.
I guess Calgary didn't give him any inclination that they'd sign him, or do something more than AHL/NHL guy with him.

May as well go back to Russia, make probably a bit better money than the AHL and get some minutes playing against pros. Dunno.

This was a bit of a weird trade from the onset with how many 6/7/8 guys this team already had.

 

[InfinityIggy]

I still like the trade. Qualify him. Let him play a bigger role in the KHL for the year. If he's looking good over there and improves we can bring him back. His potential outcome is still much better than a random 5th.

 

[Lunatik]

I still like the trade. Qualify him. Let him play a bigger role in the KHL for the year. If he's looking good over there and improves we can bring him back. His potential outcome is still much better than a random 5th.

Agreed. This could be a best case scenario.