Tyler Toffoli is on his way to Calgary.
The Montreal Canadiens traded top-line winger Toffoli to the Flames on Monday in exchange for a 2022 first-round draft choice (which is top-10 protected), a 2024 fifth-round pick, forward Tyler Pitlick and prospect Emil Heineman.
There was no salary retained in the trade. Toffoli is in the second season of a four-year, $17 million contract he signed with Montreal as an unrestricted free agent in October 2020.
Toffoli is second in scoring for the last-place Canadiens this season, tallying nine goals and 26 points in 37 games. In the past, Toffoli has been a more effective and consistent scorer, something Calgary was in the market for. Toffoli spent some of his best seasons with the Los Angeles Kings from 2013 to 2020, being coached by now-Flames bench boss Darryl Sutter. The 29-year-old was a key offensive contributor during the Kings’…
