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Originally Posted by Bonded
I think his value will decrease the longer he is on the Flames because of his contract. I don’t think his value changes much unless he starts playing like 6 D
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I kinda doubt it.
Just to illustrate the point and pick up on some recent conversations, if the Jets went to the Flames today and said ‘we’ll give you Lambert and a 2nd today for Andersson’. I doubt they would come back at the deadline and say ‘that was then, today, we’ll give you Lambert and a 5th’.
Unless they’ve gone ahead and made other moves, their needs will still be the same. In fact, it’s entirely possible their want/need to improve may be greater at the point based on their play and how ‘close’ they perceive themselves. They may come back and say ‘we want Andersson. Will give you Lambert, a second, and another pick’.
I see it the other way around. The market for Andersson, short of injury or a sharpe decline in play, should increase as we approach the deadline. Particularly if he has a solid 4 nations.