Flames trade Emilio Pettersen to Dallas ahead of deadline day
The Calgary Flames have made yet another trade ahead of deadline day.
This one’s a little more minor than other recent moves by Craig Conroy, as the Flames GM has shipped Emilio Pettersen to the Dallas Stars. The Flames receive 23-year-old centre Riley Damiani in return.
Welcome to #yyc @rileydamiani!
We have acquired the centre from Dallas in exchange for Emilio Pettersen.#Flames | @original16beer pic.twitter.com/O969qOFlCa
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 8, 2024
A fifth-round draft pick by the Stars in 2018, Damiani has seven games of NHL experience but has toiled in the minors for the entirety of the past two seasons. The Mississauga, Ontario, native has 23 points (10-13-23) in 53 AHL games this season.
Damiani is undersized at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, but has good speed. He was named the AHL’s Rookie of the Year in 2020-21, when he scored 36 points (11-25-36) in 36 games. Damiani was a star in junior with the Kitchener Rangers, tallying 85 points in 58 games in 2018-19, and another 78 points in 61 games in 2019-20.
Pettersen never got a shot to play at the NHL level with Calgary since being drafted by the Flames in the sixth round of the 2018 draft. The Norwegian centre was a standout at the University of Denver, scoring 65 points in 76 games over two NCAA seasons, prior to turning pro after the 2019-20 season.
The 5-foot-11, 180-pound centre has 30 points (7-23-30) in 54 games with the Calgary Wranglers this season.
The NHL trade deadline is set for Friday at 1 pm MT.