CALGARY

Flames acquire fourth-round pick from Sabres in exchange for Frolik

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Stephen Hunt CTVNewsCalgary.ca Digital Producer

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Published Thursday, January 2, 2020 5:47PM MST Last Updated Thursday, January 2, 2020 9:08PM MST

Michael Frolik played five seasons for the Calgary Flames. He was traded to Buffalo Thursday.

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CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames acquired a fourth-round 2021 draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forward Michael Frolik Thursday.

The draft pick is San Jose's, which was acquired by the Sabres earlier Thursday in a trade the Sabres made with Montreal.

In addition to the draft pick, the Flames picked up $4.3 million in cap space. Frolik would have been an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2019-20 season.

Flames GM Brad Treliving just dumped $4.3M in salary in the trading away of Michael Frolik, who would have been an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Frolik had spent most of this season on the fourth line. Will be interesting to see what he does with his newfound cap space.
— Darren Haynes (@DarrenWHaynes) January 2, 2020

Frolik spent five seasons with the Flames, playing in 319 games.

Thank you to Michael Frolik for everything he has done for the #Flames since arriving in #yyc in 2015! Best of luck in Buffalo! pic.twitter.com/P0umzP3tzD
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 2, 2020