Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
You might be better off trading Andersson to a team like Florida that doesn’t really care about draft picks. Either them, Dallas, or Vegas. The pick can be super far away. I know some hate that idea, but it could be a good trade chip down the line or even used to continue to bolster the cupboards. Vegas, Dallas, or Florida need cap space, and that’s exactly how we will extract the value out of an “non-extended” Andersson. It’ll be up to the acquiring team to make space for Rasmus. I also think we need to capitalize on Pospisil’s 1m deal with how stacked we are at wing. Trading Andersson (50%) and Pospisil have a combined cap hit of 3.275m. Or, Miromanov on the bottom pairing at 1.25m isn’t bad either.
Florida
To FLA: Andersson (50%), Miromanov
To CGY: 2028 1st (unprotected) + *2026 2nd/2026 4th + 2027 6th* + Luostarinen/Rodrigues
*if it’s Luostarinen, Flames get 2026 4th (FLA) and 2027 6th (FLA) if it’s Rodrigues then it’s 2026 2nd (FLA)
- Florida gets two defenseman in this deal, helpful when Ekblad and Schmidt leave. If Florida prefers Luostarinen over Rodrigues I think we’d be fine with that too.
Dallas
To DAL: Andersson (50%)
To CGY: 2027 1st (unprotected), 2026 2nd, Dumba
- Dallas saves space by getting rid of Dumba and save 775k to make
Room for another depth player signing.
If Robertson is available:
To DAL: Andersson, Coleman (50%), Pospisil
To CGY: Robertson, Dumba
Vegas
To VGK: Andersson (50%), Miromanov
To CGY: *conditions on 2026 pick*, 2028 1st (unprotected), Hague, mid pick or project prospect
*Calgary can choose between 2026 and 2027 1st round pick, unprotected from Hanifin trade. If Vegas chooses to trade the 2027 1st, Calgary can choose to swap picks with the team that acquired the 2026/2027 1st round pick depending on what Calgary chooses*
- Vegas gets Andersson on a sweet deal, Calgary can defer a pick if the pick for example is a conference finals pick, and can sign Hague to a deal instead of going through the poor UFA route. Hague could be a diamond in the rough.
I am sure most of you will hate the deals posted above, but I’m just trying to find an alternate route that could give us more assets down the road. Andersson could get us a 1st and players like Luostarinen/Rodrigues/Dumba/Hague that could help us fetch more assets down the road.
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