{"id":440311,"date":"2026-02-01T19:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/440311\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:36:16","slug":"latest-on-yegor-sharangovich-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/440311\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Yegor Sharangovich \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the NHL\u2019s March 6 trade deadline inches closer, one of the teams that looks overwhelmingly likely to count themselves as one of the league\u2019s sellers is the Calgary Flames. Calgary has struggled in a variety of areas this season, and does not appear to have a clear path to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

While significant attention has been paid to a few of the Flames\u2019 key trade chips, such as veteran center Nazem Kadri<\/a>, some have wondered whether other Flames players beyond just a few older veterans could be moved.<\/p>\n

David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported last week<\/a> that while Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich<\/a> has been named as a trade candidate by some, he does \u201cnot get the sense there is any activity surrounding the 27-year-old.\u201d Unless something changes, it appears the Flames won\u2019t be dealing Sharangovich before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The Russian forward had been named as a trade candidate in large part due to his offensive struggles over the last season and a half. Sharangovich broke out in his first year with the Flames, scoring 31 goals and 59 points in the 2023-24 season. Looking to ensure they had team control over Sharangovich as he inched closer to UFA status, the Flames acted early, signing Sharangovich to a contract extension on July 1, 2024.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At this moment, it appears the Flames might regret acting so decisively to re-sign Sharangovich. At the time, signing him to that extension at that moment was an entirely defensible calculated risk.<\/p>\n

The Flames likely believed that if he could at the very least sustain his level of production, the deal would be an entirely fair one. If he could build on it, he would quickly provide surplus value on his cap hit. If Calgary believed Sharangovich was unlikely to decline too far from his scoring numbers in his debut season as a Flame, signing that deal at that point made too much sense \u2014 his price tag would only rise as he got closer to UFA status.<\/p>\n

But unfortunately for the Flames, his offensive production declined the following year, going from the aforementioned 31 goals and 59 points to just 17 goals and 32 points. So far this season, that decline has persisted, as he has 11 goals and 20 points in 50 games.<\/p>\n

While the expected steep rise of the salary cap softens the blow, without question, it\u2019s clear Sharangovich isn\u2019t living up to his $5.75MM cap hit, at least from a production standpoint.<\/p>\n

Given his offensive decline and the contract he\u2019s owed (2025-26 is the first of five seasons on the contract), it\u2019s understandable that those in the Calgary market might want to see the Flames move on from Sharangovich. But his difficulty getting back to his prior level of offensive production, combined with the weight of his contract, makes him a difficult player to move. That\u2019s a sentiment Pagnotta\u2019s report echoed, and it\u2019s also worth noting that Sharangovich\u2019s deal comes with the protection of a 10-team no-trade list.<\/p>\n

With limited league interest in trading for his services, Sharangovich\u2019s best path forward will, undoubtedly, be to find a way to develop more chemistry with some of the Flames\u2019 other top-six forwards.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as though Sharangovich is lacking in terms of opportunity, as he\u2019s averaging 16:04 time on ice per game including 1:52 per game on the power play. He just hasn\u2019t been able to capitalize the way he did in his debut season in Alberta.<\/p>\n

As the Flames chart their course back to contention at some point down the line, getting Sharangovich\u2019s scoring back on track will have to be a key priority.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Sergei Belski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the NHL\u2019s March 6 trade deadline inches closer, one of the teams that looks overwhelmingly likely to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,896,5,4,8155],"class_list":{"0":"post-440311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-calgaryflames","11":"tag-flames","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-yegor-sharangovich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115997061545045457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}