Cliff Fletcher’s Biggest Flames Trades Still Echo Decades Later

Cliff Fletcher’s run as Flames general manager left behind a trade ledger that still deserves a fresh look. Big deals from that era did not just shuffle names on a roster, they changed the temperature of the franchise and the expectations around it. Ranking them is never as simple as listing the loudest ones, because the best trades often age better than the flashiest ones. The Flames’ history books have plenty of reminders that Fletcher knew how to swing hard.