Flames trade Kuzmenko, Pelletier to Flyers for Frost, Farabee and draft picks

Jakob Pelletier, #22 of the Calgary Flames, celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with Andrei Kuzmenko, #96, during the second period at the Amalie Arena on March 7, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.
Jakob Pelletier, #22 of the Calgary Flames, celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with Andrei Kuzmenko, #96, during the second period at the Amalie Arena on March 7, 2024, in Tampa, Florida. Photo credit Mike Carlson/Getty Images

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The Calgary Flames traded left wings Andrei Kuzmenko and Jakob Pelletier to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night for center Morgan Frost and left wing Joel Farabee.

Calgary also sent a second-round draft pick in 2025 and a seventh-round pick in 2028 to Philadelphia.

The 28-year-old Kuzmenko was scratched from Calgary’s lineup Thursday night and 23-year-old Pelletier was pulled after the first period of a 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

The 25-year-old Frost played the first half of Philadelphia’s 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Philadelphia drafted the 6-foot, 193-pound Frost 27th overall,in 2017. He has 11 goals and 14 assists in 49 games this season.

Farabee, 24, was the 14th overall pick in the 2018 draft by Philadelphia. The 6-foot, 186-pound winger has eight goals and 11 assists in 50 games.

Kuzmenko was traded again a year minus a day after the Vancouver Canucks dealt him to the Flames. The Russian -winger had four goals and 11 assists in 37 games and was a healthy scratch earlier in January.

Pelletier had four goals and seven assists in 23 games for Calgary.

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