CALGARY, AB -- Over the past couple of weeks, rumours have swirled surrounding Calgary Flames' defenceman Dougie Hamilton and the possibility the team has put the 23-year-old on the market for a trade.
Specifically with tonight's visitors, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
But this morning, Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving shut down any notions that team is looking to move the blueliner.
"I will say it's interesting … I was at a game in Toronto and all of sudden … I wouldn't read anything into that. I go to a lot of games. I was at a couple of other rinks after that and nothing came out of it. Don't believe all that you hear," he said.
"Dougie's an important part of this team. It's hard to find players of his ilk. I don't put a whole lot of stock into all those comments. We always look to improve our team but the comments that we're shopping a particular individual is completely false.
"We go to games all the time. It just seems like you show up in one place and things start to happen."
Treliving calls Hamilton rumours "completely false"
Brad Treliving dismissed any notions that the team is shopping Dougie Hamilton
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