Also, I guess I should have asked this question to start: Are the Flames even willing to think about trading him? It just doesn't look like he's getting much of an opportunity with Calgary.

Don't think he is traded because you look at the Kylington situation and I don't think the Flames give up on any you D man that's under performing at this point. Give him time, he's missed nearly a full season of games with serious injuries to body parts that are notoriously awful to injure for a hockey player. That paired with Covid and a team that refuses to either go all in or all out creates a scenario where Valimaki has not played nearly enough, they will ride him out until they can't any more though.
My favourite wrinkle in the story is the Sutter family dynamic, Valimaki has had a couple run ins with Brett Sutter in the AHL this season, fought him and got hurt by him, how do you approach that when your kid is ringing the bell of one of your prospects in the AHL?! Marek and Friedman talked about it in the article below!

https://flamesnation.ca/2022/02/15/marek-friedman-juuso-valimaki-32-thoughts/

Great, thanks for the information. Much appreciated!