After Johnny Gaudreau left the Flames in free agency, it was rumoured that Matthew Tkachuk was a little disgruntled. The Restricted Free Agent told the Flames he would not re-sign with the teams and instead gave them a list of teams he would accept a trade to. One of those teams was where he grew up, the St. Louis Blues, where his dad is considered basically royalty.
We had also seen a rumour that the Blues offered Jordan Kyrou, Torey Krug and a first round pick. This would have been a lot more intriguing for the Flames in my opinion, but the Flames couldn't pass on the opportunity to land another 100 point scorer.