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Originally Posted by jayswin
Oh 100%. He is nice and thought he had open dialogue and an understanding of mutual agreeance with Andersson to work towards a deal to another team. And when the last year opened up on his contract, Andersson and his agent went cut throat and cut the Flames at the knees to get everything that Rasmus wants.
Easy lesson that needed to happen. Just don't do that again when a valuable asset that doesn't make sense to re-sign is a couple years out. Start shopping. Shop hard and take the best you can get in that 1-2 year range left. We're rebuilding/retooling and he made no sense to extend. Don't reward the team by holding on to that asset because they're fighting for a playoff spot but are in no way contending, that's emotional and silly. Get your assets and move on, let the team grow with players that make sense for the build.
Two years out: A playoff run plus one more season with a playoff run AND a lot of time to speak to Andersson as an organization for a playoff contender, while paying $2.4mil with 50% retained would have been a gold mine. But we spoke of culture, reward, and respect between player/agent/organization and ultimately player and agent laughed after their platitudes and cut us out so they can control salary and destination. I like Conroy, though. He'll learn big from this.
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He already had the lesson from Hanifin. The only flow that makes sense is that he thought Andersson would be more valuable at last year’s deadline vs the offseason but then pivoted when the team was in the playoff race.