Mike Smith Traded to Flames by Coyotes for Prospects, Draft Pick

The Calgary Flames announced Saturday that they acquired veteran goalie Mike Smith from the Arizona Coyotes.

Calgary sent the free-agent rights to goalie Chad Johnson, unsigned prospect Brandon Hickey and a conditional third-round pick to Arizona.

Per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, the third-round pick will become a second-rounder if Calgary makes the playoffs. Also, Arizona will pay 25 percent of Smith's salary.

Smith commented on heading to the Flames, per the team's Twitter account:

The 35-year-old Smith spent the past six seasons with the Coyotes after stints with the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning.

In 2016-17, Smith was 19-26-9 with a 2.92 goals-against average and .914 save percentage.

His numbers have been pedestrian since 2011-12, when he went 38-18-10 with a 2.21 goals-against average and .930 save percentage.

Smith was an All-Star last season and is an Olympic gold medalist, and he is in line to be Calgary's starter in 2017-18.

His arrival could spell the departure of free-agent goalie Brian Elliott.