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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I've been so close minded about this.
Calgary owns Vegas 26, unprotected. Any return from Vegas has to overpay to compensate for the loss of value of that pick. The only item of value that Vegas has, is an unprotected 27. Barring that,
Rasmus cannot be moved until the deadline. If you trade him to another team, they will then trade him to Vegas to maximize value, and would not have the shackles of needing a futures return, or worrying about devaluing a pick. He has to go at 11:59 on deadline day.
The issue for Rasmus is that he is the first player in the league to be guaranteed a 6 year UFA contract, because he has talked himself into his own corner.
I don't see any other ways through.
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From what I read the CBA extension kicks in Sept 2026, if so he could still get a longer contract.