I would value Andersson roughly at two first round picks. Whether it is a 1st + two 2nd round picks, or 1st in 2025 +1st in 2026, or 1st + 2nd +B-prospect, or 1st + A prospect.
Hamonic got a 1st + two 2nd round picks. Hamonic was brought in at the time because he was seen as one of the league's better defensive defencemen on a sweetheart of a deal, plus was also seen as a high-character guy, a glue guy in the room, and wasn't shy about sticking up for teammates. All of the above was indeed true except his defensive ability, with hindsight that is, as I believe he was carried by Calvin de Haan on that pairing.
If there are divisional rival bids for Rasmus (like Tampa-Florida, or Vancouver - Edmonton, or Winnipeg - Colorado - Minnesota, etc) then I think the price can be driven up beyond that. Teams will pay a bit more to keep the asset from going to a rival, right?
As for the Pastrnak - Marchand rumours.. complete B.S. (and what you didn't see coming out of Vancouver at all):
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