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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The thing I really am concerned about is them saying oh well go into the season and trade him at the deadline and be close enough to just hold onto him and lose him for nothing.
Just pull the bandage off and move on before the season starts.
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It seems pretty obvious that neither the Flames or Andersson want this to drag out and I doubt most of the 'buyers' want that either. If you look at the teams that are working to come out of their respective rebuilds, they all will want Andersson before the season starts so he can help their playoff push all season long.
Even the teams that are in Win-Now mode will look at Andersson's contract and retention options and feel that they should try to get him at the start of the season instead of as a trade deadline acquisition.
My expectation was that the trade would happen on July 1st with free agent frenzy so the trade could happen with an extension in place. However, with the rumours ramping up, I am thinking one of the teams willing to part with their top 10 draft pick is going to snag him on Friday.