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Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
That’s fair. Just sharing what he said as it made sense with other reports that the offers are not according to the ask from the Flames. I still think it should be done this summer for the best offer they get.
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The offers are not surprising. The Flames were likely focused on trade talks with teams drafting in the top 10. It would have taken one of those teams to think that they needed RD upgrades over their draft pick.
Now that the interesting part of the draft is behind us, the conversation shifts to free agent frenzy. Once Ekblad is off the market, Andersson is the best available RD in both 2025 and 2026's UFA boards.
CapWages is built really well to look at this. Click on the POS column, filter to RD, and select the year.
2025 is Ekblad, Burns, Fabbro, Ceci, Schmidt
2026 is Andersson, Carlson, Trouba, Murphy, Liljegren (it also shows all of this years UFAs until they sign)
The only teams looking to sell right now are the Flames and Penguins and maybe the Flyers. The list of teams looking to add a #1RD is around 8-12 depending on which article you read.