The timing of the Andersson extension and the current and future state of the right shot D in the organization makes this a perfect situation to continue the retool and not lock long term into an aging player but the opportunity to bring in some younger pieces.
Very similar to the Markstrom trade last year that netted the Flames 2 super valuable assets in Bahl and likely the 18th pick in the draft and were able to not skip a beat with Wolf stepping in. The Flames could move Anderson for some pieces to help elsewhere including hopefully a 25,26 or 27 1st and a younger piece and then Parekh could step in and fill the role Andersson played (possibly better like Wolf vs Markstrom)
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