3 Flames to Sell High on This Offseason

There is certainly a case the Flames could make to keep Coleman. He has two Stanley Cup championships with the Tampa Bay Lightning and very much embodies the hard-working, physical Flames’ culture that they will want instilled in the many young prospects nearing being ready for full-time NHL roles.

However, this is also the reason a Cup contender would overpay for someone like Coleman. He’s productive at both ends of the ice, kills penalties, and plays with an edge. There will likely be a few teams willing to give up prospects and futures to bring Coleman in as a season-long rental to chase a Cup.

Joel Farabee

A 2018 first-round pick, Joel Farabee, is one goal away from his third 20-goal season in the NHL before turning 27 years old. He’s had a nice bounce-back season after a tough 2024-25 campaign, where he had 11 goals and 14 assists between the Flames and Philadelphia Flyers.

After this season, Farabee will have only two years left on a deal with a $5 million average annual value that he signed back in 2021. They brought him and Morgan Frost in via a trade with the Flyers, which sent Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, and draft picks the other way, as both sides looked for a better fit for their young players.

Looking back, the Flames got the better end of this deal, with both Farabee and Frost adjusting nicely. However, the Flames have a plethora of wingers, and with a weak free agency class, the Flames could get a nice haul for a potential three-time 20-goal scorer (assuming he gets one more this season), who’s under 27 and under control for another two seasons, while still keeping a valuable asset from that deal.

The Flames could obviously keep Farabee and wouldn’t necessarily be wrong to do so. But having him and Jonathan Huberdeau when he returns from injury could create a bit of a logjam on the wing eventually. Especially once Cullen Potter and Cole Reschny get in the mix in maybe another season or so.

Other teams looking at Farabee would see good production from a player entering the prime of his career at a reasonable price with control for another two seasons. That could drive some interest this offseason when many teams will be trying to quickly retool.

This could be the Flames’ best chance to get the most value out of Farabee.

Devin Cooley

This is one Flames fans aren’t going to want to hear, and I don’t really agree from a personality and culture perspective. But to stick with the theme of players the Flames could sell high on, Devin Cooley might be the leading candidate for that.

The undrafted 28-year-old has been outstanding in his first season in the NHL. He has the eighth-best save percentage and seventh-most goals saved above expected per 60 minutes among goalies to play 1,000 minutes or more this season.

The Flames are clearly committed to Dustin Wolf as their goaltender of the future, with his $52.5 million contract extension kicking in next season.

But Cooley’s blunt honesty and willingness to go into detail about the mindset that’s driven him to persevere through numerous obstacles on his way to the NHL are why GM Conroy could receive some interesting offers for him and potentially face a tough decision about whether to let him go.

After one season, Cooley already feels ingrained in the Flames’ culture, but if you were going to sell high, now would be the time.

Realistically, the Flames could justify keeping any of these three, given their prospect pool and the picks they’ll be making. There will certainly be some new Flames in full-time roles with the team next season. However, moving these guys will depend on how ready the Flames think their young players are to take on bigger roles and play tougher minutes.

Either way, I think the Flames may have to field some calls from contending teams looking to add these older players to their rosters.