Flames all-star Elias Lindholm departs in trade to Canucks
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The Calgary Flames traded all-star Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
The Calgary Flames traded all-star Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
In return, the Flames received forward Andrei Kuzmenko, defencemen Hunter Brzustewicz and Joni Jurmo, a 2024 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2024 fourth-round pick.
The 29-year-old Lindholm joins the NHL-leading Canucks having posted nine goals and 23 assists in 49 games for the Flames so far in 2023-24.
Lindholm was traded to Calgary in 2018 by Carolina and enjoyed the best years of his 11-year career with the Flames, including a career-best 42-goal season in 2021-22.
Kuzmenko, 27, has struggled this season, with only eight goals and 21 assists in 43 games so far and has been a healthy scratch multiple times.
Kuzmenko signed a two-year, US$11 million contract extension in January 2023.
The forward has been open about his point production struggles this season and has been moved up and down lines by Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet.
