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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
If it’s not a chance at a 1C (either through pick or prospect) Flames should just sign him.
All this ‘sell, sell, sell before he reverts to a pumpkin’ talk is nonsense. What are we doing here? Building a contention culture by moving your fiercest competitors (lots of talk about moving Coleman and Kadri)?
Other than foot speed after 35, we should have no concerns about Ras.
If you really want to trade him, then if the narrative around Ras was ‘Flames working on signing him’ then I bet the offers would be better. We’ve painted ourselves into a corner by publicly saying that won’t happen.
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Were you happy with Andersson's play last year? I was for the first month and a half, then something was off in his play. That was before the injuries. I wasn't a fan of seeing him against the league's top lines, and I think that he struggles to defend against them. Being a fierce competitor is great, but if you're constantly getting scored on when he's out there, then there's a problem. I didn't love how Hanifin - Andersson looked against EDM in the playoffs, and I thought that after 2022 Andersson struggled to develop chemistry with anyone except Weegar for half a year. He was okay with Bahl, and Hanifin. That's why I would be disappointed if Andersson is more than a $7M player for the Flames for the next 8 years.
As for building a contending culture, it has to be transmittable to the young guys. If it goes away the second you trade a vet, then it's worthless.
That said, I think that Andersson is a very good asset especially to a cap strapped contender. He's less of an asset for the Flames since they're not spending to the cap this season anyway.