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Originally Posted by Royle9
I will add that this is a very cleverly worded article, not wrong but not completely right either.
We've known one thing since last season, Rasmus wants to compete for a cup.
This isn't a surprise, he's been pretty open when sharing he wants to play for a contender not a bottom feeder nor a bubble team.
So saying he'll only sign with VGK is a bit "click bait" if you will, as there's a plethora of teams he would sign with but only teams who are making play off pushes pretty consistently, so that narrows it down.
Of the teams who have put out strong offers contingent on him re-signing then yes VGK is the only team, because Rasmus is not signing an extension in Ottawa, or Buffalo or Columbus. I think he would consider L.A but he's since taken a page out of Hanifin's book and now wants to try and leverage his willingness to sign an extension by saying only VGK. There's been other teams that have interest, I know Florida considered it for a while but the money can't be found now with extensions to Bennett and likely Marchand.
Calgary needs to shut this #### down immediately.
VGK has very little to offer in futures that is really going to be impactful.
1st round picks... very late ones, their prospect pool is very weak.
Top 3 prospects for Vegas right now:
Trevor Connelly
Lukas Cormier
Brendan Brisson
Nothing spectacular, Matthieu Cataford from last year? High ceiling but a long way to go.
Really don't like anything they have to offer.
So Craig needs to stand firm and if Rasmus wants to be an idiot about it, when they were both on pretty good terms then I agree, we leverage him as a rental at the deadline and say F U to VGK.
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To add to this as I posted on draft day that an Andersson trade was not happening as teams weren't meeting ask. It's now become very clear as to why. It's a combination. He won't go to the teams that would meet it. I reached out to the same person and was told the situation is accurately "bad". The player has hijacked the entire situation....which makes me think the leaks are coming from his agent.