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Would love to be as strategic as possible with an Andersson trade. Out of all the players traded during this teardown, he should be the most valuable asset so hopefully he returns the most.

If the trade is to a team like a Tampa who has next to no high-end prospects (assuming they won’t trade Geekie), I would want the trade to be pick-heavy with limited protection on any first round pick(s) - would obviously be lottery-protected but I would hope for it to not be top 10 protected. I’ll throw some potential returns that I would hope for based on the team - keep in mind, if it seems like too high of a return, I would have the flames add other players to the trade to make it work (a retained Coleman/Kuzmenko for example) or take bad a bad contract (if it’s less than 2 years long):

Tampa: 2025 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + Conditional 2026 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st round pick if Tampa makes it past the 1st round pick 2026) + 2025 2nd round pick

Colorado: Calum Ritchie + 2025 1st round pick (top 10 protected)

Dallas: Mavrik Bourque + 2025 1st round pick (top 10 protected)

Carolina: Bradley Nadeau + 2025 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + 2025 2nd round pick

Florida: 2027 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + conditional 2026 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st round pick in 2026 if Florida makes it past the 1st round in 2026) + 2025 2nd round pick

Boston: 2025 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + 2025 2nd round pick + Conditional 2026 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st round pick if Boston makes it past the 1st round in 2026)

Toronto: Easton Cowan + 2025 1st round pick (top 10 protected)

LA: 2025 1st round pick (top 10 protected) + 2025 2nd round pick + Conditional 2026 2nd round pick (becomes a first round pick if LA makes it past the 1st round in 2026)

Vegas: 2027 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + 2028 1st round pick (top 10 protected) + 2025 2nd round pick

Detroit: Nate Danielson + 2025 2nd round pick

Buffalo: Konsta Helenius + 2025 2nd round pick + 2025 3rd round pick

New Jersey: 2026 1st round pick (top 3 protected) + Conditional 2027 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st round pick if New Jersey makes it past the 1st round in 2027) + 2025 2nd round pick

Ottawa: Carter Yakemchuk + 2025 2nd round pick + 2025 4th round pick

Utah: Tij Iginla