Flames acquire Frost, Farabee in trade with Flyers

Suspense on the ice and off of it made for an eventful night in Calgary's Saddledome.

While the Flames surged past a one-goal deficit to beat the Anaheim Ducks, player personnel decisions fuelled trade speculation during Thursday's 4-1 win.

Calgary general manager Craig Conroy confirmed post-game that left-wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier and a pair of draft picks had been shipped to the Philadelphia Flyers for centre Morgan Frost and left-winger Joel Farabee.

The last-minute scratch of Kuzmenko from the game lineup and the sudden absence of Pelletier after the first period signalled a transaction was afoot.

Both players' names were already removed from the plates above their dressing-room stalls after the game as reporters surrounded their former teammates.

Conroy also packaged a second-round draft pick in 2025 and a seventh-round pick in 2028 in the deal with Philadelphia for the 25-year-old Frost and the 24-year-old Farabee.

"We felt at this point, these two players are going to be a huge bump in our lineup," Conroy said. "They're at the right age. They're 24- and 25-year-old guys that we can grow with."

Calgary (25-18-7) continued to duel with the Vancouver Canucks at the Western Conference playoff cutline. Thursday's victory vaulted the Flames over Vancouver into wild-card position.

"They're real good players and I want to integrate them in as quick as we can, to get them feeling good about the Calgary Flames and be a part of this group, because it is a tight group," Conroy said.

The Flyers added to the evening's trade buzz when Frost was pulled midway through a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Philadelphia drafted the six-foot, 193-pound forward from Aurora, Ont., in the first round, 27th overall, in