The Calgary Flames have not played a game since losing Game 5 in the second round against the Anaheim Ducks nearly a month ago. Though they haven’t been on the ice, there has been all kinds of Flames talk going around with the NHL Draft and free agency coming up in a few short weeks.
There is also, of course, the constant murmurs and whispers of trade rumours circling around the organization, and one that won’t seem to go away is the possibility of Phil Kessel being shipped west from the Toronto Maple Leafs to Calgary.
Elliotte Friedman, the hockey insider for Sportsnet, who is as in tune with the inner workings of the Toronto Maple Leafs as their general manager.