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Originally Posted by Royle9
Things can obviously change but from what I’ve heard we’ve seen the last of Andersson in a flames jersey. Mutual decision to find him a new home is the priority at this point.
I’d expect the Flames to move him before or at the draft.
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A little late to this, but Rasmus is a confident guy and, beyond his injury, probably sees his +/- and poorish year as a consequence of playing for a bottom team that had him "babysitting" lesser defenders and didn't give him much PP1 time or opportunities to succeed.
He's probably given them a high number or a trade request, as he figures those are the only two ways he's going to get paid on a retirement contract as his value won't get any better next year on the Flames (particularly if Parekh comes in and starts taking up more of his opportunities).
It's not a bad situation for the Flames, and there are a few teams that'll certainly be interested in him. The Flames can also blame the year he had on their use of him in trade talks (whether they agree with it or not), so I don't think this one year will really effect his value--and he should still provide a decent return, likely similar to Ekholm a couple years ago.
It could push Calgary further into the rebuild... but that's not worse than having another player on a big dollar retirement contract.