The higher Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson performs, the higher it’s for his commerce worth
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukaukas on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Kaprizov to Crosby: The Huge Questions on the US Media Tour episode, on the Calgary Flames and defenseman Rasmus Andersson.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Bukauskas: “Okay, Rasmus Andersson. So first off, there was what Mikael Backlund mentioned over in Europe a couple of weeks in the past, who got here flat out and mentioned, ‘Yeah, like, it’s no secret he’s going to be traded right here. We all know the enterprise facet of issues. One thing’s going to return to a head right here sooner or later over the subsequent 12 months, with Anderson within the Flames.’ He did come out and say that the entire notion that he was solely agreeing to go to 1 workforce was…”
Friedman: “I feel we talked about that, that that was not true.”
Bukaukas: “Sure, yeah. He needed to make that factor very clear. Stated he would, didn’t wish to handcuff Craig Conroy and the group in that sense. However do you will have any replace on the place issues stand there?”
Friedman: “Yeah, I simply suppose it’s going to return right down to, do the Flames get what they need for him. And, you realize, the factor right here is, it appears to be like prefer it’s, it sounds prefer it’s everyone right here is doing their finest to bend over backwards and be skilled, proper?
Anderson confirmed up. He’s prepared. He’s going to play. The Flames, clearly, maintain placing him in good positions the place he will get numerous minutes and he will get alternative. So and it, as a result of he’s a very good participant, it advantages them to do this.
So I simply, I simply consider that sooner or later this 12 months, Craig Conroy goes to get what he needs to get to maneuver him. And I feel that’s merely what’s, what’s going to occur.
You already know, the opposite factor too is, you realize, with the factor which may actually assist the Flames right here lots, is that, you realize, Rasmus Andersson, there’s the adjustments this 12 months for the CBA, proper, in regards to the playoff, the playoff cap and the double retention and issues like that. You already know, Rasmus Anderson contract shouldn’t be one which’s actually gonna make life tough on individuals. His cap hit is $4.55 (million). Prefer it’s not like he’s a defenseman making $8 million or $10 million or one thing like that.
He’s a quantity that’s manageable. You don’t have to fret. Like, you are able to do that very comfortably on single retention. Like, when you can say I’ve bought a participant of Rasmus Anderson high quality on, like, on my roster, for just below $2.3 million if it’s 50% retention, individuals are going to be leaping at that.
So this can be a participant who’s going to be accessible this 12 months that the brand new wage cap guidelines, they’re not going to be as onerous in direction of and I don’t suppose that’s a small factor. I simply suppose sooner or later in time this 12 months, they’ll everyone will get what they need.”
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