Calgary Flames defenseman draws heavy trade interest as offseason rolls on

David Pagnotta told Hello Hockey that clubs remain interested in the 29-year-old defenseman, with Morgan Frost also drawing calls as Craig Conroy's Flames settle into a rebuild.

Calgary acquired Whitecloud from Vegas in the Rasmus Andersson trade back in January.

Since then, Elliotte Friedman, Frank Seravalli and Anthony Di Marco have all logged interest, with Ottawa repeatedly linked. Yet Whitecloud is still a Flame in the middle of July.

Every outlet treats "teams are interested" as momentum toward a deal. Read it the other way and it is the opposite.

A right-shot defenseman with a 2023 Cup ring and a $2.75 million cap hit through 2027-28 is exactly the player contenders should have already pried loose. He has not moved because Conroy set a price and held it.

Reporting has pegged that ask in the second-round-pick range, and buyers keep treating a two-year defensive piece as a cheap depth add. That gap, not a lack of suitors, is why six months of calls have produced nothing.

The standoff has a bill, and Calgary is the one paying it. Every month Whitecloud stays, young right-shot defensemen like Hunter Brzustewicz wait behind him in a season meant for their development.

So the honest version is not "Whitecloud is about to be traded." It is that a fair contract and a firm price can freeze a market, and Conroy is betting a buyer blinks before the rebuild clock forces his hand.

For Ottawa, Boston or anyone still calling, the lesson is simple. Meet the number or stop pretending the interest is new.

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