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Originally Posted by Royle9
The one thing to keep in mind with Andersson (and believe me, he’s a favorite of mine) is that his desire to rebuild here is the reason Craig was/is even listening to offers on him.
Craig loves Rasmus, would love to keep him here long term.
However the player has been very vocal and honest about his desire or lack there of to rebuild here in Calgary. Now with that said I’ve been told that Craig’s plan for how to address this is pretty rock solid, he’s in no rush to trade him, is listening to all offers, has not ruled out re-signing the player if he chooses to want to be apart of this long term, but also respects the players decision should he choose to move on.
The power is in the flames hand here, and Andersson remains the most talked about asset going into this weekend. It would take an absolute blockbuster for Craig to move him right now, talks continue between the two (player agent and Craig) but nothing imminent. I think a lot has to do with the success and direction the team takes this year.
I believe we’re probably looking at a 65/35 trade vs re-sign currently which is an improvement over the 80-20 when the season started.
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It might at some point actually just make sense to trade Rasmus, just from a team and hockey perspective. Not sure if it is this year but if Bahl, Miromanov and Pachal are all NHL dmen and the Flames think that one or more of their plethora of young dmen are going to turn out in 2-4 years the right hockey move could be to trade Rasmus to address other organizational needs. For me the more positive outcome would be for Conroy to be confident enough in his young defencemen that he feels the right organizational move is to trade Rasmus.