[Caged Great]

The Flames need to trade off redundant players. Unfortunately two of them fall in this category, Blake Coleman and Rasmus Andersson.

Getting Joel Farabee made Coleman expendable as they both fill the same role, yet Farabee is 7 years younger.

Having both Parekh and Brzustewicz virtually ready for the NHL, some people are going to have to move on the blue line. Contextually, Andersson makes the most sense to go as Weegar is already under a long term contract and everyone else is either young themselves (Bahl) or expendable outright (Bean, Hanley, Miromanov, Pachal).

The Flames are not likely going to be competing next season for a playoff spot so it makes sense to open spot for young guys to come in and try to win a spot and maintain it and learn to be NHLers so they are ready for when they are going to be a playoff team.

Andersson is very much the right player, but the wrong time and situation. If he was 2 years younger he would be a perfect piece for the future. He's just not quite the right fit given the Flames timeline (likely starting to fully compete 3 years from now).

The Flames should target a depth C and a depth LHD with leadership skills in trade/free agency to replace the leadership skills that would be leaving with those departures. Probably a bigger Defensive D-man like Oleksiak potentially.

Realistically, the Flames D core next year should be

Weegar-one of the D we have.
Bahl-Parekh
Vet D-Brzustewicz