SDPN: (YouTube) Chris Johnston and Julian McKenzie on The Chris Johnston Present speaking about Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson, and the place issues stand together with his state of affairs.
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McKenzie: “So by way of going again to your tweet and going again to groups with, with who may very well be on, who may very well be making a transfer, or no matter. I’ve to return to Calgary and Rasmus Anderson as a result of I nonetheless discover it actually fascinating, contemplating the truth that he may very well be obtainable.
And there was that window doubtlessly across the draft, the place they may make a transfer. Possibly that is one other window, however we all know the Flames, they appear very content material on letting him simply play this example out. And him going into coaching camp being a flame, as they’ve finished with so many different earlier free brokers, guys like Elias Lindholm come to thoughts. Nikita Zadorov. Chris Tanev. They’re prepared to do that once more.
Very curious, clearly, if Rasmus does find yourself developing, however looks as if I’m not gonna be shocked with him beginning coaching camp within the Flames uniform.
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Johnston: “Yeah, which is an fascinating name. I imply, look, he has plenty of energy on this state of affairs, simply because he’s one yr out from UFA. And as we noticed, for instance, with the Noah Dobson commerce to Montreal. You already know, when a participant, you may get extra within the return if that participant is prepared to signal an extension, the place, the place the trades occurring, proper? It’s all a part of the deal. And Dobson’s case ended up being a pure signal and commerce. So he even bought the eight-year as a part of that.
You already know, Andersson, as our colleague Pierre Lebrun reported, at this cut-off date, solely seems that he desires to signal an extension in Vegas if that comes by a commerce. Now, that information can possibly snuff out the commerce market somewhat bit from Calgary’s finish, as a result of you may’t take him round to 5 different groups and say, you realize, if it’s identified that he doesn’t wish to signal with these groups. I feel that they’re much less more likely to half with important belongings to get them. So I feel that’s a dynamic at play.
And I do know Craig Conroy attire in native media, and he stated he wasn’t conscious that it was just one group. However, you realize, I don’t wish to get in the midst of all that. I’d simply say that, you realize, Pierre, Pierre LeBrun’s identify stands for itself. I’m positive he didn’t pull that concept simply out of the clear blue sky.
So you realize that that might be an fascinating dynamic throughout. I imply, Andersson, to me, the place you, the place you’re at, the place the Flames are at, they need to, they need to get return for somebody like that. This can be a participant they drafted and developed. He’s been an vital a part of their group. I feel actually, it appears as if every little thing is is on a reasonably good degree there. Like, like, the connection, I imply, between the participant and the group.
Like, there have been, they’re pulling on the identical rope, in a way, but it surely doesn’t imply they need the identical issues. And so I feel it’s a important determination, how the Flames handle that. Does the supply, do the presents actually get higher on the deadline? Particularly if he solely desires to go to at least one place. I imply, I feel they bought to get a deal with on that, if he actually solely is barely going to go to Vegas and signal an extension there, I imply, I’d argue you’re most likely finest simply to make the very best deal you may.
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Now, typically let, let time play on, and let’s see, let’s see the place issues wind up. I imply, actually, I nonetheless assume a group just like the Dallas Stars might use an improve on their proper facet. I feel Anderson, you realize, would make plenty of sense for them if, if they may make that deal occur. After all, Dallas is hamstrung somewhat bit to some extent by the cap, you realize. Would most likely have to be accompanied by different, different strikes to make that work. Though, you realize, Andersson’s cap hit for subsequent season itself is lower than $5 million.
So clearly, within the extension he indicators, might be greater than that, and he’ll be a pricier participant, beginning in 2026. However for the rest of his contract, that’s, that’s, that’s a cap it most groups might, might discover a strategy to put onto their group. Particularly somebody who’s going to play within the high 4 of their blue line on the fitting facet.
So, you realize, he’s an important commerce asset for Calgary. However how they navigate this, I feel, might be fascinating. You’re proper. I get the identical sense you do Julian that, you realize, it appears as if they’re comfy simply to be calm. I imply, and look, they’ve performed that previously, proper from Chris Tanev to Elias Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov. Like all gamers, it is a couple seasons in the past now, however they, they introduced them into that their last yr, their contracts. And simply, you realize, mainly, at one level it was like Flames board was the commerce board. Should you bear in mind, on the Athletic it was just like the …
McKenzie: “I bear in mind these days. I bear in mind these day.”
Johnston: “Jacob Markstrom on the time was on there too. You already know, like it will, they’d plenty of, they’d plenty of proficient gamers, and, fairly frankly, all of them ended up being traded.
However, you realize, they occurred on a distinct timeline than, you realize, it’s not all the time good to function on the finish of a gun, if you realize what I’m saying. Prefer to really feel like you must make a transfer on July sixth, July seventh, July eighth. I imply, the reality is, they don’t, so we’ll need to see how that develops.
I don’t have a way that something’s cooking there proper now. However there’s, once more, there’s, there’s a ton of time right here earlier than coaching camps get going for, you realize, Vegas, to circle again, and the Flames to see if possibly there’s one thing that might work for them.
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And, you realize, however you realize, the opposite facet of it’s the Golden Knights have made a sequence of strikes right here. They’ve signed Mitch Marner. You already know, they, they must work out the cap finish of it too. And it’s will get tougher and tougher the nearer you get to the season, as a result of there’s simply much less, there’s there’s much less issues you are able to do as that season will get nearer.
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